View a FREE sample

This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. What kind of expenditures did Twain discuss?

2. Where was the missionary from who Twain talked to in Sydney?

3. What was a weet-weet?

4. When did the person pretending to be Sir Roger finally admit his hoax?

5. Where was Ed from?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

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

6. What were the first major industries in Australia?

7. What did Twain talk to a missionary about from India?

8. What was the story of Sir Roger?

9. Who was Mr. Blank, and how did Twain feel about him?

10. How was Australia founded?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

What was Twain's opinion of logic, and how did his idea affect the people around him on this trip around the world?

Essay Topic 2

Security and safety were two themes that were touched on a number of times throughout the book. What are some of these instances, and how do these affect the people in these scenes?

Essay Topic 3

What was the political controversy happening in South Africa, and how did Twain feel about it?

(see the answer keys)

This section contains 494 words (approx. 2 pages at 300 words per page) View a FREE sample