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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. How did Twain describe the captain?
(a) Grumpy.
(b) Fascinating.
(c) Derranged.
(d) Pleasant.

3. What kind of expenditures did Twain discuss?
(a) Ship crews.
(b) Business.
(c) Public works.
(d) Literary.

4. In what train car did Twain meet two interesting men in Australia?
(a) The fuel car.
(b) The dining car.
(c) The smoking car.
(d) The luggage car.

5. How many days a week did the students in Horsham work?
(a) 5.
(b) 4.
(c) 2.
(d) 3.

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

7. What country did Twain like to discuss with the Englishman on the ship?
(a) Australia.
(b) South Africa.
(c) New Zealand.
(d) England.

8. What did the two men on the train tell Twain he would like?
(a) Smoked Halibut.
(b) Quartz jewelery.
(c) The new political system in New Zealand.
(d) Mayborough.

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

10. Who gave Twain a tour of Bendigo?
(a) Mr. Blank.
(b) Mr. Blanch.
(c) Mr. Branch.
(d) Mr. Bark.

11. Where was Corrigan Castle?
(a) Australia.
(b) Mexico.
(c) New Zealand.
(d) Ireland.

12. What freedom was big in South Australia?
(a) Land owners.
(b) Animal rights.
(c) Religious.
(d) Womens.

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

14. What was the person pretending to be Sir Roger put on trial for?
(a) Harrassment.
(b) Scandal.
(c) Perjury.
(d) Theft.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What did the missionary say was slow to spread in his home country?

2. Where did Twain go to see a hunt?

3. What was eliminated from Tasmania in the 1800s?

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

5. What law changed in the slave trade?

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