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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

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

4. Where did Twain go to see a hunt?
(a) Europe.
(b) Africa.
(c) Asia.
(d) South America.

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

6. Where did Twain go after leaving Wauganu?
(a) Wentworth.
(b) Wellington.
(c) Wallsburg.
(d) Wittleben.

7. Where did Twain live before he took this trip?
(a) Luxemborg.
(b) Germany.
(c) France.
(d) Belgium.

8. Where was the purser from?
(a) Scotland.
(b) Ireland.
(c) Wales.
(d) England.

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

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

11. What was being installed on the streets in Sydney?
(a) Electric lighting.
(b) Curbs.
(c) Sewer drains.
(d) Traffic lights.

12. What was eliminated from Tasmania in the 1800s?
(a) Blacks.
(b) Slaves.
(c) Snakes.
(d) Horses.

13. What kind of college was in Horsham?
(a) Political.
(b) Medical.
(c) Agricultural.
(d) Literature.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Who was in Australia before the British arrived?

3. What business was Commodore Vanderbilt in?

4. What law changed in the slave trade?

5. What was used as currency in Australia?

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