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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

3. Where did Twain go after his time in Australia?
(a) New Zealand.
(b) Fiji.
(c) Sri Lanka.
(d) Japan.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What title did Twain give Melbourne?

2. What mines in Australia did towns grow up around?

3. What business was Commodore Vanderbilt in?

4. Why was Twain never able to fulfill his pledges to himself?

5. What was the first livestock kept in Australia?

Short Essay Questions

1. What did Twain do with a list of Australian town names?

2. What did Twain talk about when he docked at Suva?

3. What was a weet-weet?

4. Why didn't Twain get to see much of Tasmania?

5. How did Twain describe the Flora?

6. What did Twain first see when he landed at Australia?

7. What happened in Ballaratt, and what did this cause?

8. What kind of hunt did Twain watch, and how did he feel about it?

9. Why did Twain like talking to the Englishman on the ship?

10. How did Twain win a watch while on the ship?

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