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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 7-9.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

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

4. What ailment did Twain suffer as he went below below deck in chapter 1?
(a) A migraine headache.
(b) A rash.
(c) The flu.
(d) A concussion.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What type of clothing did the women wear at the Saturday market in chapter 8?

2. How did Twain compare the government prison he visited to its American counterparts?

3. In chapter 3, how much did Twain state that Hawaii paid in customs alone?

4. Which of the armed services did the officers aboard the steamer serve in during the war?

5. What subject did Twain choose to write about instead of Pacific whaling traffic in chapter 9?

(see the answer key)

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