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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 4-6.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What confounded Twain about the sailors in chapter 2?
(a) Their strange eating habits.
(b) Their odd sense of humor.
(c) Their odd sense of timing.
(d) Their strange vernacular.

2. How does Twain describe Hawaii's Manilas cigars in chapter 5?
(a) Unsatisfying and strong in flavor.
(b) Satisfying, but strong in flavor.
(c) Unsatisfying and weak in flavor.
(d) Satisfying, but weak in flavor.

3. Which animal was Honolulu overrun with in all different shapes and sizes?
(a) Mice.
(b) Cats.
(c) Birds.
(d) Dogs.

4. What publication did Twain write his Letters from Hawaii for?
(a) Sacramento Star.
(b) Sacramento Gazette.
(c) Sacramento Daily Sun.
(d) Sacramento Daily Union.

5. What does Twain warn about the wash woman's use of rocks?
(a) It can remove a shirt's collar.
(b) It can ruin shirt buttons.
(c) It can discolor a shirt.
(d) It can put holes in a shirt.

Short Answer Questions

1. What confession by Twain begins the letter in chapter 3?

2. Which negative aspects of Hawaii did Mr. Brown think that Twain should have mentioned in chapter 4?

3. Which one of the following is an example of Twain's uncooperative horse's actions in chapter 6?

4. When did Twain arrive at Hawaii?

5. As Twain recalls in chapter 1, who boarded the ship in a drunken state?

(see the answer key)

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