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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

3. Which of the armed services did the officers aboard the steamer serve in during the war?
(a) Marines.
(b) Army.
(c) Air Force.
(d) Navy.

4. Which name was given to the pig aboard the steamer that was eventually converted into pork chops?
(a) Larry.
(b) Porky.
(c) Dennis.
(d) Bob.

5. As Twain recalls in chapter 1, who boarded the ship in a drunken state?
(a) Twain and his fellow passengers.
(b) Twain's fellow passengers, but not him.
(c) Neither Twain nor his fellow passengers.
(d) Twain, but not his fellow passengers.

Short Answer Questions

1. Out of the several hundred greeters Twain described, how many were "half-naked"?

2. How does Twain describe Hawaii's Manilas cigars in chapter 5?

3. What differences in Honolulu and San Francisco did Twain observe in chapter 4?

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

5. What publication did Twain write his Letters from Hawaii for?

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