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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 15.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What was the risk of a person bringing their own liquor from America to Hawaii?
(a) Confiscation.
(b) Imprisonment.
(c) Confiscation, imprisonment, and exile.
(d) Exile.

2. How did Twain respond to Mr. Brown's criticism of his omission of Hawaii's negative aspects?
(a) He expressed his plans to discuss them in fuiture letters.
(b) He claimed that he never observed the negative aspects of Hawaii.
(c) He dismissed them as trifles not worh mentioning.
(d) He wrote about Mr. Brown's pessimism.

3. Out of the several hundred greeters Twain described, how many were "half-naked"?
(a) None of them.
(b) Half of them.
(c) All of them.
(d) Most of them.

4. How did Twain consider the king's income to be for the lifestyle he indulged in?
(a) Much less than adequate.
(b) More than adequate.
(c) Slightly less than adequate.
(d) Adequate.

5. Which island was the captain of the burned Hornet hopeful of reaching?
(a) Roca Partida.
(b) Clarion.
(c) Socorro.
(d) San Benedicto.

Short Answer Questions

1. When did Twain arrive at Hawaii?

2. How does Twain describe the way Hawaiians sung versions of American tunes?

3. How long was Twain's trip to the island of Hawaii that he references in chapter 14?

4. What condition was Twain in after his trip to Hawaii, while writing his letter in chapter 14?

5. What was the practice of "pulling" that Twain wrote against in chapter 10?

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