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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What title did Twain give Melbourne?
(a) The real capital.
(b) The top novelty in Austrailia.
(c) The financial hub.
(d) The leading in designer.

2. What did the Australian government pay bounties for?
(a) Dead sharks.
(b) Run-away orphans.
(c) Slave traders.
(d) Captured criminals.

3. What was a weet-weet used for?
(a) A game.
(b) A hunt.
(c) A building.
(d) A ritual.

4. What was used as currency in Australia?
(a) Whiskey.
(b) Rum.
(c) Gold bars.
(d) Slaves.

5. What did Twain use to write a poem?
(a) Animal sounds.
(b) River names.
(c) Town names.
(d) Ship names.

6. What business was Commodore Vanderbilt in?
(a) Spices.
(b) Tobacco.
(c) Linens.
(d) Cotton.

7. Why didn't Twain travel to Queensland?
(a) He was tired.
(b) He had a lecture to give.
(c) He had no interest in it.
(d) He was sick.

8. What did Twain say was the root of all vices?
(a) Apathy.
(b) Selfishness.
(c) Desire.
(d) Ignorance.

9. What mistake had the captain made with another ship?
(a) He went on the wrong course.
(b) He sailed it into the rocks.
(c) He ran out of fuel.
(d) He over-booked it.

10. What did the missionary say was slow to spread in his home country?
(a) Education.
(b) Christianity.
(c) Equality.
(d) Astrology.

11. What was mined in Stawell?
(a) Silver.
(b) Gold.
(c) Brass.
(d) Copper.

12. How did most missionaries feel about the slave trade?
(a) They were split on the issue.
(b) They liked it.
(c) They didn't know about it.
(d) They hated it.

13. What did Twain compare the weather in Sydney to?
(a) London.
(b) Texas.
(c) Arkansas.
(d) Hawaii.

14. What did people like to hunt in Australia?
(a) Wallabys.
(b) Kangaroos.
(c) Dolphins.
(d) Sharks.

15. What did Twain discuss with the two interesting men he met on a train in Australia?
(a) Mining.
(b) Hotels.
(c) Politics.
(d) Religion.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where did Twain go after his time in Australia?

2. How many members were in the club at Corrigan Castle?

3. How many days a week did the students in Horsham work?

4. What kind of college was in Horsham?

5. Where was the purser from?

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