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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 47 | Chapter 48.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What did young Mark Twain discover upon sneaking into his father's office?
(a) A revealing document.
(b) A dead body.
(c) His father's affair.
(d) A stray dog.

2. What do the pilgrims hand out in Magdala?
(a) Money.
(b) Nothing.
(c) Compliments.
(d) Food.

3. What great battle takes place in Chapter 17?
(a) The Civil War.
(b) The French Revolution.
(c) A battle between the English sailors and American crewmen.
(d) World War II.

4. Who once told the story of Pompeii?
(a) Horatio.
(b) Hector.
(c) Pliny the Younger.
(d) Pliny the Elder.

5. Where do the travelers swim?
(a) An oasis in the desert.
(b) The Sea of Galilee.
(c) All of the answers are correct.
(d) The hotel pool.

Short Answer Questions

1. How do the passengers of the ship track Twain's progress when he sneaks ashore in Athens?

2. To what site is the midnight excursion in Athens?

3. What happened to Pompeii to make it a point of interest?

4. Where does Twain finally find pretty foreign women?

5. What obstacle faces the group as they try to enter Athens?

(see the answer key)

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