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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What did Twain say the king of Hawaii stopped doing in order to embrace the responsibility of leadership?
(a) Drinking.
(b) Drinking, smoking, and lying.
(c) Drinking and smoking.
(d) Smoking.

2. How did Twain respond to Mr. Brown's criticism of his omission of Hawaii's negative aspects?
(a) He wrote about Mr. Brown's pessimism.
(b) He dismissed them as trifles not worh mentioning.
(c) He expressed his plans to discuss them in fuiture letters.
(d) He claimed that he never observed the negative aspects of Hawaii.

3. How much money could San Francisco have made by diverting the whaling to its own harbor, according to Twain's estimations in chapter 10?
(a) Several hundred thousand dollars per year.
(b) Several hundred thousand dollars per month.
(c) A few hundred thousand dollars per year.
(d) A few hundred thousand dollars per month.

4. What other name did Twain use to refer to Brannan's palace?
(a) The cabin.
(b) The bungalow.
(c) The hut.
(d) The shack.

5. Which Hawaiian islands were sighted first by Twain in chapter 4?
(a) Maui and Molokai.
(b) Oahu and Maui.
(c) Lanai and Kauai.
(d) Oahu and Molokai.

6. How long was Twain on the island of Hawaii when he wrote the letter in chapter 3?
(a) One week.
(b) One month.
(c) Two hours.
(d) Two days.

7. Which of Jarves's book did Twain quote to prove Mr. Staley wrong in chapter 14?
(a) The Art-Idea: Part Second of Confessions of an Inquirer.
(b) Art-Hints, Architecture, Sculpture, and Painting.
(c) History of the Sandwich Islands.
(d) Scenes and Scenery in the Sandwich Islands.

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

9. What did Twain say was jumbled together in the Hawaiian legislature?
(a) Only motions, notices, and the introduction of bills.
(b) Motions, resolutions, notices, and the introduction and reading of bills.
(c) Only motions, resolutions, and notices.
(d) Only resolutions and the reading of bills.

10. How did Twain compare the government prison he visited to its American counterparts?
(a) It was not as clean.
(b) It was smaller.
(c) It was bigger.
(d) It was cleaner.

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

12. Who did Twain give credit for taming the market?
(a) The church, but not the government.
(b) The church and government.
(c) Neither the church nor the government.
(d) The government, but not the church.

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

14. In Twain's opinion, what would have happened to Honolulu without whaling?
(a) It would have struggled.
(b) It would have been the same.
(c) He did not give his opinion.
(d) It would have withered away.

15. What type of Americans did Twain notice coming and going from Hawaii while writing his letter in chapter 14?
(a) High and low profile.
(b) Neither high nor low profile.
(c) Low profile.
(d) High profile.

Short Answer Questions

1. How was Twain's horseback journey described in chapter 7?

2. As an example of the lack of the Hawaiian legislative etiquette, what activities did Twain observe being done in the hallways?

3. Which negative aspects of Hawaii did Mr. Brown think that Twain should have mentioned in chapter 4?

4. Who did Twain blame for the bones being left uncovered in the burial ground in chapter 7?

5. What did Twain wonder about the ministers of the Hawaiian legislature in chapter 13?

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