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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. How did Twain consider the king's income to be for the lifestyle he indulged in?
(a) Much less than adequate.
(b) Adequate.
(c) More than adequate.
(d) Slightly less than adequate.

3. What condition was Twain in after his trip to Hawaii, while writing his letter in chapter 14?
(a) Inspired.
(b) Excited.
(c) Tired.
(d) Sick.

4. 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 year.
(b) A few hundred thousand dollars per year.
(c) A few hundred thousand dollars per month.
(d) Several hundred thousand dollars per month.

5. How was Twain's horseback journey described in chapter 7?
(a) Comfortable, but long.
(b) Short and comfortable.
(c) Short and uncomfortable.
(d) Uncomfortable and long.

Short Answer Questions

1. What confounded Twain about the sailors in chapter 2?

2. Which one of the following words was used by Twain to describe Minister Harris?

3. How much regular order of business did Twain write that the Hawaiian legislature seemed to have in chapter 13?

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

5. According to Twain's observation, what was Minister Harris's platform built on?

Short Essay Questions

1. What did Twain notice about Honolulu in chapter 4?

2. What took place during the weeks that Princess Victoria's remains lay in state?

3. How was the Hawaiian legislature comprised?

4. What was the Bungalow and what did Twain think of its restoration process?

5. Which animals were aboard the Ajax, and how was one of them named?

6. Which things did Twain recommend in order for San Francisco to take full advantage of the profits from whaling?

7. How long was Twain on the island of Hawaii when he wrote the letter in chapter 3, and why did he not give his opinion of the island yet?

8. What was Twain's objection to the naming of the Pacific Ocean in chapter 2?

9. What did Twain write about the officers and workers on the Ajax in chapter 3?

10. What were some of the differences that Twain listed between Honolulu and San Fransisco in chapter 10?

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