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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 7-9.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. In chapter 3, how much did Twain state that Hawaii paid in customs alone?
(a) One and a half million dollars per year.
(b) A quarter million dollars per year.
(c) A half million dollars per year.
(d) One million dollars per year.

2. What caused an attractive young woman to think that Twain was drunk in chapter 7?
(a) His walk.
(b) His horse riding.
(c) His jokes.
(d) His speech.

3. What did Twain think the bones were from at the burial site in chapter 7?
(a) He did not know.
(b) Plague victims.
(c) Tourists.
(d) A battleground.

4. Urging America to develop more steamers in chapter 3, how long did Twain say it would be before China released a smaller steamer?
(a) A month.
(b) Two years.
(c) A year.
(d) Two months.

5. How does Twain describe the way Hawaiians sung versions of American tunes?
(a) With a strange interpretation.
(b) With a bold interpretation.
(c) In their own barbarous tongue.
(d) In their own incomprehensible tongue.

Short Answer Questions

1. Which of the armed services did the officers aboard the steamer serve in during the war?

2. How did Twain respond to Mr. Brown's criticism of his omission of Hawaii's negative aspects?

3. What was the risk of a person bringing their own liquor from America to Hawaii?

4. How did Twain react to the American song selections of the Hawaiians?

5. Which name was given to the pig aboard the steamer that was eventually converted into pork chops?

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