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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What kind of club was held in Corrigan Castle?
(a) A Book Writer's Club.
(b) A Hunting Club.
(c) A Mark Twain Club.
(d) A Book Critiquing Club.

2. What did the purser do that bothered Twain?
(a) Drank too much.
(b) Cursed in front of women.
(c) Laughed about everything.
(d) Stared at his daughter.

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

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

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

6. What was Twain's favorite spot in Christchurch?
(a) The synagogue.
(b) The cathedral.
(c) The museum.
(d) The hotel.

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

8. What movement did Twain say was making great progress in America?
(a) Christianity.
(b) The Revolution.
(c) Women's suffrage.
(d) Emancipation.

9. What kind of hunt did Twain go to see?
(a) Fox.
(b) Boar.
(c) Bear.
(d) Badger.

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

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

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

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

14. What was raised in Horsham?
(a) Horses.
(b) Goats.
(c) Chickens.
(d) Sheep.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What freedom was big in South Australia?

2. What was the capital of Tasmania?

3. What did Twain see in Wauganu?

4. What did Twain compare the weather in Sydney to?

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

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