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

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

3. Where was horse racing a big specialty?
(a) Adelaide.
(b) Melbourne.
(c) Sydney.
(d) Perth.

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

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

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

3. What was being installed on the streets in Sydney?

4. What did the purser do that bothered Twain?

5. How did Twain describe the town of Christchurch?

Short Essay Questions

1. What was produced in Stawell?

2. What did Twain discuss with two men on a train in Australia?

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

4. What did Twain like to discuss with others at dinnertime on the ship?

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

6. How did people in Australia communicate before they had roads?

7. How did Twain describe Melbourne?

8. How did Twain describe the Flora?

9. How did Twain learn about New Zealand before visiting there?

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

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