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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

3. What mode of transportation do the travelers use in Egypt?
(a) Donkey.
(b) Carriage.
(c) Camel.
(d) Horse.

4. What do the Spaniards do to Twain's newspaper journal when he asks them to mail it?
(a) They laugh at it.
(b) They burn it in front of him.
(c) They ignore it.
(d) They fumigate it.

5. What has Twain completely befuddled in Chapter 36?
(a) All of the answers are correct.
(b) His cabinmate's rambling conversation.
(c) The Russian newspaper.
(d) The time changes.

6. How do the travelers enter the Mosque of Omar?
(a) By a rock tunnel.
(b) By the door.
(c) By a baksheesh.
(d) By a secret passageway.

7. How many men are in Twain's group in the Holy Land?
(a) 8.
(b) 4.
(c) 16.
(d) 11.

8. What adjective does Twain give to the houses in Jerusalem?
(a) Bumpy.
(b) Tight.
(c) Knobby.
(d) Small.

9. Where do the travelers swim?
(a) The Sea of Galilee.
(b) All of the answers are correct.
(c) The hotel pool.
(d) An oasis in the desert.

10. What is the group looking for in Magdala?
(a) The "true" cross.
(b) The Holy Sepluchre.
(c) The house of Mary Magdalene.
(d) A modern-day prophet.

11. What temples do the travelers visit in Baalbek?
(a) The Temple of the Sun and the Temple of Mars.
(b) The Temple of the Moon and the Temple of Mars.
(c) The Temple of the Moon and the Temple of Jupiter.
(d) The Temple of the Sun and the Temple of Jupiter.

12. Why is the tour guide in Chapter 35 called famous?
(a) He is listed in all the popular travel books.
(b) He has been a tour guide since he was three.
(c) None of the answers is correct.
(d) He saved an important tourist from execution.

13. Who asks Twain to write a summary of the excursion?
(a) The Boston Globe.
(b) The New York Herald.
(c) The Boston Herald.
(d) The New York Times.

14. What is the name of the smoking apparatus handed to Twain in Turkey?
(a) Hashish.
(b) Bong.
(c) Narghile.
(d) Pipe.

15. What time do the guards wake the travelers to start the trip to Jordan?
(a) 6 a.m.
(b) 2 a.m.
(c) 4 a.m.
(d) 10 a.m.

Short Answer Questions

1. What adjective does Twain use to describe Magdala?

2. What town in Russia is visited by the travelers?

3. To where are the colonists who have boarded the ship in Chapter 57 going to be taken?

4. What does Twain contract in Chapter 45?

5. What story does Twain relate in Chapter 54?

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