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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is the name of the ruin of the tall tower seen after the group leaves El Yuba Dam?
(a) Baniyas.
(b) Mt. Pegus.
(c) Polycarp's tomb.
(d) Tower of Babel.

2. What does Twain hail as the only way to travel?
(a) In small increments.
(b) A country a year.
(c) All at once.
(d) By donkey.

3. Who is guarding the boys in Chapter 49?
(a) Local police.
(b) A tall Arab.
(c) Several children.
(d) None of the answers is correct.

4. What is the average age of a passenger on the excursion?
(a) 40.
(b) 26.
(c) 50.
(d) 34.

5. What did the preachers on board the ship tell young Jack that turtles will do in Chapter 47?
(a) Talk.
(b) All of the answers are correct.
(c) Run.
(d) Sing.

6. What is the name of Twain's horse in Chapter 42?
(a) Frog.
(b) Silver.
(c) Jeremiah.
(d) Jericho.

7. What offends Twain at the end of the story?
(a) The newspaper declines to run his article.
(b) The photo the newspaper uses is very old.
(c) None of the other passengers acknowledges him.
(d) His treatment by the Egyptians.

8. Where does the ship land after a long time at sea in Chapter 60?
(a) The Grand Caymans.
(b) Bermuda.
(c) Manila.
(d) Egypt.

9. Twain says that everything is now measured in __________ instead of __________.
(a) Inches; miles.
(b) Dollars; dimes.
(c) Time; miles.
(d) Days; hours.

10. What tourist attraction does the group visit in Egypt?
(a) Temple of Luxor.
(b) Necropolis of Saqqara.
(c) The Egyptian pyramids.
(d) The Lighthouse of Alexandria.

11. What did the travelers rename Temin el Foka for ease of pronunciation?
(a) Jacksonville.
(b) Travelworld.
(c) Fork 'em.
(d) Telefork.

12. With what are the streets of Constantinople crowded?
(a) Beggars.
(b) All answers are correct.
(c) Vendors.
(d) Crippled and deformed people.

13. How does Twain look back on the trip?
(a) With admiration and longing.
(b) With indifference.
(c) With excitement mixed with disappointment.
(d) With regret.

14. What is the first Asian city of biblical interest?
(a) Smyrna.
(b) Canaan.
(c) Amman.
(d) Jakarta.

15. Who is a famous ancient person who had a part in the history of Ephesus?
(a) All answers are correct.
(b) Cicero.
(c) Augustus.
(d) Homer.

Short Answer Questions

1. What story does Twain relate in Chapter 54?

2. According to Twain, what is wrong with the coffee on the ship?

3. What do the travelers do once they reach the River Jordan?

4. What is the prevalent obstacle for the travelers throughout their journey?

5. To what location are the travelers heading in Chapter 59?

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