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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why did the people in Benares bathe in the river?
(a) They liked bathing together.
(b) They had seen miracles happen there.
(c) They had no other water source.
(d) They thought it was holy.

2. What did Twain say Port Louis was a combination of?
(a) Farm and wilderness.
(b) Gentility and wildness.
(c) Custom and order.
(d) Park and garden.

3. What did Twain say women wore too much of at Scandal Point?
(a) Make up.
(b) Clothing.
(c) Jewelry.
(d) Silk.

4. Where did Twain spend Christmas?
(a) Melbourne.
(b) Adelaide.
(c) Sydney.
(d) Perth.

5. What surrounded Jeypore?
(a) A marsh.
(b) A wall.
(c) A river.
(d) A field of wheat.

6. What did Twain compare the Taj Mahal to?
(a) The White House.
(b) Niagara Falls.
(c) Arlington.
(d) The Empire State Building.

7. What was the river in Benares called?
(a) The place.
(b) The showplace.
(c) The attraction.
(d) The crown jewel.

8. What country was Durban in?
(a) Mozambique.
(b) South Africa.
(c) Kenya.
(d) Ghana.

9. What kind of people did they see on the cliff?
(a) Greeks.
(b) Buddhists.
(c) Monks.
(d) Thebatans.

10. How long did they spend hiking in the mountains?
(a) 4 days.
(b) 2 days.
(c) 3 days.
(d) 1 day.

11. What did Twain have trouble doing on trains?
(a) All of these.
(b) Sleeping.
(c) Writing.
(d) Eating.

12. What was Ochterlony?
(a) A mosque.
(b) A monument.
(c) A temple.
(d) A statue.

13. What confused Twain about Manuel?
(a) His clothing.
(b) His Spanish name.
(c) His bad manners.
(d) His French accent.

14. What did Twain say the law closely followed in Port Louis?
(a) Courtesy.
(b) Common sense.
(c) French rule.
(d) Custom.

15. What month did Twain leave Calcutta?
(a) July.
(b) March.
(c) June.
(d) May.

Short Answer Questions

1. How did Twain describe the water in the river that ran through Benares?

2. What natural disaster damaged Port Louis?

3. What happened a year after Twain visited India?

4. What about the temples in Benares did Twain like best?

5. What were Indian villages made of?

(see the answer keys)

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