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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What caused Twain to marvel at Hawaii's state in chapter 6?
(a) A statue.
(b) Hawaii's people.
(c) A river.
(d) Hawaii's barbaric past.

3. How many churches did Twain write about in chapter 4?
(a) Two.
(b) Six.
(c) Three.
(d) Five.

4. In chapter 5, what categories did Twain put the people on the island into?
(a) Only ship captains or whalers.
(b) Only whalers or missionaries.
(c) Only ship captains, whalers, or part of the government.
(d) Ship captains, missionaries, whalers, or part of the government.

5. What confession by Twain begins the letter in chapter 3?
(a) He had not seen enough of Hawaii to speak of it with confidence.
(b) He did not know his way around the island.
(c) He did not understand what the people on the island were talking about.
(d) He had seen enough of Hawaii and is ready to leave.

Short Answer Questions

1. What was the risk of a person bringing their own liquor from America to Hawaii?

2. How did Twain respond to Mr. Brown's criticism of his omission of Hawaii's negative aspects?

3. Where did Twain ride in a buggy to after staying too long at the government prison in chapter 6?

4. Which Hawaiian islands were sighted first by Twain in chapter 4?

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

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