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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How did Twain characterize his horse in chapter 8?
(a) Slighlty better.
(b) Much worse.
(c) Slightly worse.
(d) Much better.

2. What was the name of the steamer that Twain took to Hawaii?
(a) Enterprise.
(b) Columbia.
(c) Ajax.
(d) Alaskan.

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

4. What differences in Honolulu and San Francisco did Twain observe in chapter 4?
(a) Fragrant plants, culture, and unpredictable weather.
(b) Fragrant plants and unpredictable weather.
(c) Unpredictable weather and culture.
(d) Fragrant plants and culture.

5. What caused an attractive young woman to think that Twain was drunk in chapter 7?
(a) His horse riding.
(b) His speech.
(c) His walk.
(d) His jokes.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who did Twain give credit for taming the market?

2. Where was the group inadvertently trapped by the tour guide in chapter 7?

3. Which months of 1866 were Twain's Letters from Hawaii written in?

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

5. Which description did Twain use for the islands that the men at the Saturday market were from?

(see the answer key)

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