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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 18-19.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. How did Twain describe the past days of whaling?
(a) Sloppy.
(b) Balmy.
(c) Easy.
(d) Palmy.

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

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

5. What did Twain wonder about the ministers of the Hawaiian legislature in chapter 13?
(a) Why they never accused each other of corruption.
(b) Why they never presented themselves in a clear manner.
(c) Why they were not expected to follow the same laws as the citizens.
(d) Why they seemed to deliver misinformtaion.

Short Answer Questions

1. How did Twain describe the murder of Captain Cook in chapter 19?

2. What state did the Hornet leave on January 15?

3. How long had Twain gone unshaven when he visited a barber in chapter 4?

4. What technology did San Francisco have that Twain thought would be an advantage in whaling?

5. At the end of chapter 18, what did Twain warn the reader was not easy to come by in Hawaii?

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