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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 51 | Chapter 52.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does the ship offer for entertainment?
(a) Dominoes.
(b) Shuffleboard.
(c) All of the answers are correct.
(d) Cards.

2. What is the name of the bare hill in Shechem?
(a) The Hill of Curses.
(b) The Mount of Poverty.
(c) The Hill of Poverty.
(d) The Mount of Curses.

3. Who is guarding the boys in Chapter 49?
(a) None of the answers is correct.
(b) A tall Arab.
(c) Several children.
(d) Local police.

4. Why does Twain say that the Moors are afraid of a certain country?
(a) Because of its superstitions.
(b) Because of its dominance over the Moors.
(c) Because of its disregard for cats.
(d) Because of its long history of warfare.

5. Why do the pilgrims acquire the habit of pulling their guns from their holsters?
(a) To ward off mosquitoes.
(b) To shoot imaginary Bedouins.
(c) To look like wild west cowboys.
(d) None of the answers is correct.

Short Answer Questions

1. What do the donkeys have as saddles?

2. What legend does Twain relate in Chapter 40?

3. What happens to most of the ship's passengers in Chapter 29?

4. What holiday is celebrated aboard the ship?

5. What does the group rename the city of Ain Mellahah?

(see the answer key)

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