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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. Who has hired the guard to protect the Americans on their trip to Galilee?
(a) The Emperor of Russia.
(b) The monks of the local convent.
(c) The Pope.
(d) The Sheikh of Tiberius.

3. Who do the travelers invite onto the ship to teach them the proper way to act when presented to the Emperor?
(a) The emperor's adviser.
(b) The town apothecary.
(c) Odessa's oldest citizen.
(d) The Odessa consul.

4. Where does the caravan to Damascus stop for a rest period?
(a) A broken down hunting cabin.
(b) A fountain.
(c) The Garden of Eden.
(d) An oasis in the middle of the desert.

5. 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 fumigate it.
(d) They ignore it.

6. Who do the travelers drop in on to say hello while they are in Odessa?
(a) The city's lothario.
(b) The local apothecary.
(c) The emperor.
(d) Odessa's oldest citizen.

7. Where do the travelers camp after leaving Damascus?
(a) Jonestown.
(b) Jonesborough.
(c) Jericho.
(d) Jonasburg.

8. What does Twain do while docked in Spain?
(a) Throws a party onboard.
(b) Sleeps.
(c) Writes about Paris.
(d) Sneaks out past the quarantine barricade.

9. What is the best thing to see in Smyrna?
(a) Ephesus.
(b) Mount Pegus.
(c) Polycarp's tomb.
(d) One of the Seven Apocalyptic Churches.

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

11. What do the travelers do once they reach the River Jordan?
(a) Go swimming.
(b) Drink the water.
(c) Say a prayer.
(d) Take a nap.

12. Whose tomb does Twain visit on his journey to Baalbek?
(a) Joshua's.
(b) Noah's.
(c) Adam's.
(d) Moses'.

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

14. To what location are the travelers heading in Chapter 59?
(a) Africa.
(b) Home.
(c) Egypt.
(d) Russia.

15. What group does Twain say is not welcome in Damascus?
(a) Muslims.
(b) Christians.
(c) None of the answers is correct.
(d) Jews.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is Endor's only fame?

2. With what are the streets of Constantinople crowded?

3. What adjective does Twain give to the houses in Jerusalem?

4. Who is guarding the boys in Chapter 49?

5. Twain says that everything is now measured in __________ instead of __________.

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