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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 27and 28, pp. 293-306.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What about the appearance of the Typees does Tommo notice most?
(a) They are all very tall.
(b) Their teeth are white.
(c) Their features are very fine.
(d) Their skin is beautifully smooth and tan.

2. What does Tommo find is in short supply on the island?
(a) Gold.
(b) Wild boar.
(c) Salt.
(d) Breadfruit.

3. What breaks Toby's fall when he jumps at the bottom of the descent of the second waterfall?
(a) Low bushes.
(b) Native hunters.
(c) A palm tree.
(d) The water.

4. What has the narrator heard about the Happars?
(a) That they are a powerful tribe.
(b) That they will return them to the ship.
(c) That they are cannibals.
(d) That they are friendly.

5. What technical knowledge of Tommo's do the Typees express interest in?
(a) Penicillin.
(b) Needle and thread.
(c) Sailing and navigation.
(d) Gunpowder.

Short Answer Questions

1. How is breadfruit prepared?

2. Where is there an ancient, Stonehenge-like site?

3. How is the news of a boat in the bay carried to all the Typees?

4. What is the benefit of the low reproductive rates of the Typees?

5. How do the girls in the village treat Tommo?

(see the answer key)

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