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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 5, and 6, pp. 42-57.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Where do the narrator and Toby arrive before sundown?
(a) In the Typee village.
(b) In the Happar village.
(c) On the other side of the island.
(d) At the highest point on the island.

2. Who causes a scene when they arrive on the narrator's ship?
(a) The captain of a French ship.
(b) Mutinied sailors.
(c) Ambassadors from Nukuheva.
(d) The king and queen of Nukuheva.

3. When do the narrator and Toby decide to desert?
(a) During shore leave.
(b) In the middle of the night.
(c) After the second watch.
(d) During the fight with the French.

4. Since what year had the island of Nukuheva been known to the Americans, at the outset of the book?
(a) 1758.
(b) 1822.
(c) 1812.
(d) 1791.

5. Why does the narrator run away from the Dolly?
(a) He considers the captain a tyrant.
(b) He was left ashore mistakenly.
(c) He falls in love with a native girl.
(d) He wants to be alone.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who or what approaches the Dolly when it reaches Nukuheva?

2. What danger will the narrator know he will confront before he abandons his ship?

3. What did the French Admiral demand when he reached his next destination after Nukuheva?

4. What event precipitates the narrator's ship heading to land?

5. What do the French want to demonstrate to the natives at Nukuheva?

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