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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What did Twain say Australia was rich in?
(a) Soil.
(b) Literature.
(c) Art.
(d) Music.

2. What significant thing did Captain Cook do?
(a) Mapped out the Mojave desert.
(b) Settled Australia.
(c) Invented the steam engine.
(d) Booked Twain's lecture tour.

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

4. What did Twain see in Wauganu?
(a) A business model.
(b) War monuments.
(c) Museums.
(d) Ancient artifacts.

5. Where did this trip begin?
(a) London.
(b) Rome.
(c) Paris.
(d) Madrid.

6. What islands did Twain see in September?
(a) Fiji.
(b) Samoan.
(c) Phillipines.
(d) Hawaiian.

7. What mines in Australia did towns grow up around?
(a) Coal.
(b) Copper.
(c) Gold.
(d) Silver.

8. 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.

9. What was Twain doing on this trip?
(a) Writing books.
(b) Relaxing.
(c) Promoting his books.
(d) Giving lectures.

10. What was the capital of Tasmania?
(a) Hudson.
(b) Hobart.
(c) Hubert.
(d) Hodson.

11. When did the person pretending to be Sir Roger finally admit his hoax?
(a) His death-bed.
(b) When his mother died.
(c) His own trial.
(d) His daughter's trial.

12. What was the profession of the man who pretended to be Sir Roger?
(a) Farmer.
(b) Butcher.
(c) Baker.
(d) Tailor.

13. What country had ceded the islands that Twain saw in September?
(a) America.
(b) England.
(c) Japan.
(d) France.

14. Where did Twain learn about Sir Roger?
(a) Wagga-Wagga.
(b) Walla-Walla.
(c) Watta-Watta.
(d) Warra-Warra.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What did Twain like to look at during the night on the ship?

2. Where was the missionary from who Twain talked to in Sydney?

3. What was Twain's story in Nelson about?

4. What did the two men on the train tell Twain he would like?

5. What kind of college was in Horsham?

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