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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 was the sugar refinery that Twain visited in chapter 23 powered?
(a) Three quarters steam and one quarter water.
(b) All water.
(c) One quarter steam and three quarters water.
(d) Half steam and half water.

2. What did Twain do before returning the remains to their resting place in chapter 24?
(a) He looked for a different resting place.
(b) He apologized.
(c) He sang a song.
(d) He prayed.

3. How did the Emeline compare to the previous vessel that Twain had been on?
(a) It was less preferable.
(b) It was more preferable.
(c) It was the same.
(d) It was only slightly different in one area.

4. What prediction did Twain make at the end of chapter 23?
(a) Hawaiian sugar products will outsell American sugar products in one year.
(b) Chinese labor will ruin California industry.
(c) Chinese labor will revolutionize California industry.
(d) Hawaiian sugar products will never outsell American sugar products.

5. What did a dozen women begin doing as the rite for the princess started?
(a) Sit down.
(b) Wail.
(c) Dance.
(d) Leave.

Short Answer Questions

1. As Twain reports in chapter 15, how long was the crew of the burned clipper ship, the Hornet, adrift at sea?

2. Why did Hawaii cede the islands to Paulet after his demands were made?

3. What happened when Twain initially tried to envision the vicious murder of Captain Cook?

4. How many days had passed before the captain of the Hornet ordered the lifeboats to be separated in order to increase their chances of being spotted?

5. How long had the princess lain in state when Twain wrote the letter in chapter 16?

Short Essay Questions

1. Which parts of the princess's ceremony were not appreciated by Twain?

2. What did the crew of the Hornet do for food and water while sailing on the Pacific after their ship had burned?

3. What description did Twain give of Kona's volcanic ground?

4. Why was the native riding in a canoe after Twain and the Emeline left the shore in chapter 24?

5. When did Twain view the volcano of Kilauea and how was it transformed?

6. How did Twain describe the mausoleum he visited in chapter 17?

7. What was the schooner, the Boomerang, like and why did Twain have difficulty sleeping on his voyage?

8. Why did Twain's disappointment of the crater of Kilauea change in chapter 25?

9. Which story was told about General Van Valkenburgh in the postscript of chapter 17?

10. Who was Charlton and why was he sued in Hawaiian courts?

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