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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 18, 19 and 20, pp. 191-224.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Where do Toby and the narrator follow the children to?
(a) The beach.
(b) A village.
(c) A native shelter.
(d) The cliffs.

2. When Toby and the narrator see a native boy and girl, what are the native children carrying?
(a) An infant.
(b) Breadfruit.
(c) A basket filled with seashells.
(d) Bananas.

3. What does Toby tell Tommo about the natives?
(a) That they are afraid of them.
(b) That they are trustworthy.
(c) That they are fickle.
(d) That they are loyal.

4. What do the French want to demonstrate to the natives at Nukuheva?
(a) Their compassion.
(b) Their wealth.
(c) Their power.
(d) Their desire to trade.

5. Why do the girls have to leave when Tommo asks for a canoe?
(a) The canoe is taboo.
(b) They do not want to be seen in the canoe.
(c) They cannot swim.
(d) The canoe belongs to a powerful chief and they would be insulting him to get in it without him.

Short Answer Questions

1. What do the narrator and Toby find in their pockets when they have reached the mountain?

2. What does the narrator use when he descends the waterfall?

3. What do Toby and the narrator eat at the celebration?

4. What do Toby and the narrator know about the Typees?

5. How long does the narrator expect the whaling voyage could last if he had stayed aboard?

(see the answer key)

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