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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How much money could San Francisco have made by diverting the whaling to its own harbor, according to Twain's estimations in chapter 10?
(a) Several hundred thousand dollars per month.
(b) A few hundred thousand dollars per year.
(c) Several hundred thousand dollars per year.
(d) A few hundred thousand dollars per month.

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

3. What was Twain's opinion of the efforts to restore the palace in chapter 11?
(a) He thought it was a lost cause.
(b) He thought it could only be done under the right circumstances.
(c) He thought it was a worthwhile cause.
(d) He thought it should have been done a long time ago.

4. Where was Twain during a lapse in his correspondence, as he explained in chapter 12?
(a) Kahoolawe.
(b) Oahu.
(c) Lanai.
(d) Maui.

5. As Twain recalls in chapter 1, who boarded the ship in a drunken state?
(a) Twain and his fellow passengers.
(b) Twain, but not 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. Why was Twain disgusted by the idea of sharing a meal with anyone in Hawaii?

3. What animals were included in the livestock that passengers teased in chapter 2?

4. What technology did San Francisco have that Twain thought would be an advantage in whaling?

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

(see the answer key)

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