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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Which negative aspects of Hawaii did Mr. Brown think that Twain should have mentioned in chapter 4?
(a) Heat and insects.
(b) Heat, rain, and insects.
(c) Heat and rain.
(d) Rain and insects.

2. What animals were included in the livestock that passengers teased in chapter 2?
(a) A bull, chicken, and a pig.
(b) A bull, sheep, and a pig.
(c) An ox, sheep, and a pig.
(d) An ox, chicken, and a pig.

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

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

5. Which months of 1866 were Twain's Letters from Hawaii written in?
(a) Between February and September.
(b) Between April and November.
(c) Between March and October.
(d) Between June and December.

Short Answer Questions

1. Which animal was Honolulu overrun with in all different shapes and sizes?

2. In chapter 5, what categories did Twain put the people on the island into?

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

4. What did Twain write about the Hawaiian horse traders in chapter 6?

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

(see the answer key)

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