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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 13-14.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How did Honolulu consider the recruitment of its citizens as sailors?
(a) It encouraged it.
(b) It tried to make it illegal.
(c) It frowned upon it.
(d) It only encouraged it for certain people.

2. Which type of columns once supported the veranda of Brennan's palace?
(a) Roman.
(b) Tuscan.
(c) Ionic.
(d) Corinthian.

3. How did Twain describe the Hotel American in chapter 5?
(a) It was slightly less comfortable than he anticipated.
(b) It was far more comfortable than he anticipated.
(c) It was far less comfortable than he anticipated.
(d) It was just as he anticipated.

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

5. Which one of the following is an example of Twain's uncooperative horse's actions in chapter 6?
(a) The horse would only ride in the wrong direction.
(b) The horse fell asleep.
(c) The horse would not move.
(d) The horse ate too much.

Short Answer Questions

1. How much money could San Francisco have made by diverting the whaling to its own harbor, according to Twain's estimations in chapter 10?

2. Which one of the following words was used by Twain to describe Minister Harris?

3. Which of Jarves's book did Twain quote to prove Mr. Staley wrong in chapter 14?

4. Where was the fauna that Twain mentioned in chapter 11?

5. How does Twain describe the way Hawaiians sung versions of American tunes?

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