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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What group does Twain say is not welcome in Damascus?
(a) None of the answers is correct.
(b) Muslims.
(c) Jews.
(d) Christians.

2. What does Twain hail as the only way to travel?
(a) In small increments.
(b) All at once.
(c) By donkey.
(d) A country a year.

3. According to Twain, what is wrong with the coffee on the ship?
(a) It is too weak.
(b) It tastes like dirt.
(c) It is awful.
(d) It is an unlikely color.

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

5. What does the marble slab inside the Church of Holy Sepulcher guard?
(a) The Stone Bench.
(b) The Holy Sepulchre.
(c) The Cross of Christ.
(d) The Stone of Unction.

6. What city is said to be the boyhood home of Jesus?
(a) Bethlehem.
(b) Nazareth.
(c) Damascus.
(d) Galilee.

7. What is the name of the ruin of the tall tower seen after the group leaves El Yuba Dam?
(a) Polycarp's tomb.
(b) Mt. Pegus.
(c) Baniyas.
(d) Tower of Babel.

8. How does Twain look back on the trip?
(a) With excitement mixed with disappointment.
(b) With indifference.
(c) With regret.
(d) With admiration and longing.

9. How is the population of Jerusalem described?
(a) Crowded.
(b) Sparse.
(c) Anxious.
(d) Religious.

10. What is Twain given in Smyrna that he puts under his hat?
(a) A tiny crucifix.
(b) A little wax candle.
(c) A slab of beef jerky.
(d) A bone from a martyr.

11. What town in Russia is visited by the travelers?
(a) Kislovodsk.
(b) Sevastopol.
(c) Bogorodsk.
(d) Abdulino.

12. Who do the travelers invite onto the ship to teach them the proper way to act when presented to the Emperor?
(a) The emperor's adviser.
(b) The town apothecary.
(c) Odessa's oldest citizen.
(d) The Odessa consul.

13. What does Twain do one year after the excursion?
(a) Returns for an encore farewell.
(b) Writes another article about the trip.
(c) Makes the trip again.
(d) Contacts the other passengers.

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

15. What is the first Asian city of biblical interest?
(a) Amman.
(b) Smyrna.
(c) Jakarta.
(d) Canaan.

Short Answer Questions

1. When Paul got to Damascus, he was approached by whom?

2. What were the people who were taken aboard the ship in Chapter 57 fleeing?

3. What is the best thing to see in Smyrna?

4. In Chapter 41, where were the travelers originally planning to travel first?

5. What did the preachers on board the ship tell young Jack that turtles will do in Chapter 47?

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