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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

3. How did Twain describe the past days of whaling?
(a) Balmy.
(b) Palmy.
(c) Sloppy.
(d) Easy.

4. How did Twain react to the American song selections of the Hawaiians?
(a) He was annoyed.
(b) He was amused.
(c) He was confused.
(d) He was impressed.

5. How did Twain compare the government prison he visited to its American counterparts?
(a) It was not as clean.
(b) It was cleaner.
(c) It was smaller.
(d) It was bigger.

Short Answer Questions

1. What card game did Twain play with the sailors in chapter 2?

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

3. What other name did Twain use to refer to Brannan's palace?

4. Which one of the following is an example of Twain's uncooperative horse's actions in chapter 6?

5. Which Hawaiian islands were sighted first by Twain in chapter 4?

(see the answer key)

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