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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 encouraged it.
(b) It tried to make it illegal.
(c) It frowned upon it.
(d) It only encouraged it for certain people.

2. In chapter 5, what categories did Twain put the people on the island into?
(a) Only ship captains, whalers, or part of the government.
(b) Only ship captains or whalers.
(c) Only whalers or missionaries.
(d) Ship captains, missionaries, whalers, or part of the government.

3. What did Twain write was even prettier than the sunset in Pari in chapter 11?
(a) Turtle Bay.
(b) Alewa Heights.
(c) Kalihi Valley.
(d) Ewa Beach.

4. How many churches did Twain write about in chapter 4?
(a) Five.
(b) Three.
(c) Six.
(d) Two.

5. What did Twain's horse do once it realized that the group was heading for home in chapter 7?
(a) It stopped.
(b) It moved slower than normal.
(c) It bolted ahead of the others.
(d) It began moving in the opposite direction.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where was the fauna that Twain mentioned in chapter 11?

2. What confession by Twain begins the letter in chapter 3?

3. What did Twain say the king of Hawaii stopped doing in order to embrace the responsibility of leadership?

4. Which months of 1866 were Twain's Letters from Hawaii written in?

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

Short Essay Questions

1. Why did Twain think that the Hawaiian legislature was disorderly in chapter 13?

2. 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?

3. How was the Saturday market in the past, and what changed it to become more civilized and developed?

4. Why did Twain's horse's actions cause confusion between him and a young woman in chapter 7?

5. How were Twain and the Ajax welcomed to Hawaii in chapter 4?

6. Which question did Twain have for the ministers of the Hawaiian legislature in chapter 13, and what did he think of their etiquette?

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

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

9. How important did Twain think that Pacific whaling was for Honolulu, and what did he think would happen to the trade?

10. What was the scenery like for Twain when he traveled through Nuuanu Valley and Kalihi Valley in chapter 11?

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