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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 10-12.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Where was the fauna that Twain mentioned in chapter 11?
(a) Near a mountain stream.
(b) Near a carved rock.
(c) In a tropical forest.
(d) In a mysterious cave.

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

3. As Twain explained in chapter 8, why did white people remain indoors before the laws were formed in the Saturday market?
(a) They were unfamiliar with the customs of the market.
(b) They were afraid of being robbed.
(c) They did not know the language of the natives.
(d) They were afraid of being trampled.

4. How did Honolulu consider the recruitment of its citizens as sailors?
(a) It frowned upon it.
(b) It encouraged it.
(c) It tried to make it illegal.
(d) It only encouraged it for certain people.

5. As Twain recalls in chapter 1, who boarded the ship in a drunken state?
(a) Twain, but not his fellow passengers.
(b) Twain and his fellow passengers.
(c) Neither Twain nor his fellow passengers.
(d) Twain's fellow passengers, but not him.

Short Answer Questions

1. What was the practice of "pulling" that Twain wrote against in chapter 10?

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

3. Urging America to develop more steamers in chapter 3, how long did Twain say it would be before China released a smaller steamer?

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

5. How long had Twain gone unshaven when he visited a barber in chapter 4?

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