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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 13-14.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What card game did Twain play with the sailors in chapter 2?
(a) Cribbage.
(b) Poker.
(c) Euchre.
(d) Gin rummy.

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

3. Which explorer gave the Pacific Ocean its name?
(a) Balboa.
(b) Pizarro.
(c) Vespucci.
(d) Columbus.

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

5. Where did Twain ride in a buggy to after staying too long at the government prison in chapter 6?
(a) Mauna Kea.
(b) Diamond Head.
(c) Iao Valley.
(d) Kanaha Pond.

Short Answer Questions

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

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

3. When did Twain arrive at Hawaii?

4. Which one of the following was not included in Twain's description of Queen Victoria in chapter 14?

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

(see the answer key)

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