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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How much money could San Francisco have made by diverting the whaling to its own harbor, according to Twain's estimations in chapter 10?
(a) Several hundred thousand dollars per year.
(b) Several hundred thousand dollars per month.
(c) A few hundred thousand dollars per year.
(d) A few hundred thousand dollars per month.

2. How did Honolulu consider the recruitment of its citizens as sailors?
(a) It frowned upon it.
(b) It encouraged it.
(c) It tried to make it illegal.
(d) It only encouraged it for certain people.

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

4. Which Hawaiian islands were sighted first by Twain in chapter 4?
(a) Oahu and Molokai.
(b) Oahu and Maui.
(c) Maui and Molokai.
(d) Lanai and Kauai.

5. How did Twain compare the government prison he visited to its American counterparts?
(a) It was not as clean.
(b) It was bigger.
(c) It was cleaner.
(d) It was smaller.

Short Answer Questions

1. What words did Twain use to describe Prince William in chapter 14?

2. According to Twain, how did Hawaiian politics respond to the death of Princess Victoria?

3. What did the crew of the Hornet use for a water supply for the first two weeks they were at sea?

4. How long did Twain say it would be before he was able to write again at the end of his letter in chapter 12?

5. How many days had passed before the captain of the Hornet ordered the lifeboats to be separated in order to increase their chances of being spotted?

(see the answer key)

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