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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Which description did Twain use for the islands that the men at the Saturday market were from?
(a) The cloudy isles.
(b) The windy isles.
(c) The rainy isles.
(d) The sunny isles.

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

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

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Who did Twain blame for the bones being left uncovered in the burial ground in chapter 7?

2. What was the name of the steamer that Twain took to Hawaii?

3. What phrase does Twain use to describe the Saturday market in chapter 8?

4. Which name was given to the pig aboard the steamer that was eventually converted into pork chops?

5. How did Twain characterize his horse in chapter 8?

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