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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 4-6.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What animals were included in the livestock that passengers teased in chapter 2?
(a) An ox, chicken, and a pig.
(b) An ox, sheep, and a pig.
(c) A bull, chicken, and a pig.
(d) A bull, sheep, and a pig.

2. 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.

3. When did Twain arrive at Hawaii?
(a) Saturday morning.
(b) Sunday morning.
(c) Saturday evening.
(d) Sunday evening.

4. What differences in Honolulu and San Francisco did Twain observe in chapter 4?
(a) Fragrant plants, culture, and unpredictable weather.
(b) Fragrant plants and unpredictable weather.
(c) Unpredictable weather and culture.
(d) Fragrant plants and culture.

5. What confession by Twain begins the letter in chapter 3?
(a) He had seen enough of Hawaii and is ready to leave.
(b) He did not understand what the people on the island were talking about.
(c) He did not know his way around the island.
(d) He had not seen enough of Hawaii to speak of it with confidence.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What ailment did Twain suffer as he went below below deck in chapter 1?

3. Which animal was Honolulu overrun with in all different shapes and sizes?

4. Which explorer gave the Pacific Ocean its name?

5. Which months of 1866 were Twain's Letters from Hawaii written in?

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