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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who captured Ramzam?
(a) The Australians.
(b) The Egyptians.
(c) The Americans.
(d) The British.

2. Where did Twain spend Christmas?
(a) Adelaide.
(b) Perth.
(c) Sydney.
(d) Melbourne.

3. What kind of people did they see on the cliff?
(a) Buddhists.
(b) Greeks.
(c) Monks.
(d) Thebatans.

4. What did Twain compare the Taj Mahal to?
(a) The White House.
(b) Niagara Falls.
(c) Arlington.
(d) The Empire State Building.

5. What did the Twains have to buy to travel away from India?
(a) Custom identification.
(b) New clothing.
(c) Bedding.
(d) Chairs.

6. What did Twain miss seeing in Baroda?
(a) The Maharajah.
(b) The palace.
(c) The crown jewels.
(d) The snake charmers.

7. What did Twain get sick with in India?
(a) A bronchial cough.
(b) Pneumonia.
(c) A venerial disease.
(d) The flu.

8. What mountain did Twain see in Darjeeling?
(a) Mount Everest.
(b) Mount Allana.
(c) Mount Habarda.
(d) Mount Titicaca.

9. What about the temples in Benares did Twain like best?
(a) The candles.
(b) The hymns.
(c) The gods.
(d) The prayers.

10. What happened a year after Twain visited India?
(a) A famine.
(b) A flood.
(c) A fire.
(d) A plague.

11. What kind of town did Twain say Durban was?
(a) Confused.
(b) Clean.
(c) Strange.
(d) Proper.

12. What hotel did Twain stay in at Ceylon?
(a) Brigham.
(b) Bristol.
(c) Brighton.
(d) Brisbane.

13. What was good in Jeyppore that was not in most of India?
(a) The produce.
(b) The roads.
(c) The sanitation.
(d) The currency trade.

14. Why did Twain not see everything he wanted in Calcutta?
(a) They didn't have enough time.
(b) They ran out of money.
(c) He had to get to a lecture site.
(d) He was sick.

15. What surrounded Jeypore?
(a) A field of wheat.
(b) A river.
(c) A marsh.
(d) A wall.

Short Answer Questions

1. What Hindu ceremony did Twain get to see?

2. What language did most Indians speak?

3. What animal did Twain ride in Baroda?

4. What did Twain say women wore too much of at Scandal Point?

5. Where did they go after their time on the mountain?

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