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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 33, and 34, pp. 350- 372.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How does Tommo describe the activity before sleep?
(a) It is quiet and meditative.
(b) It is fierce and aggressive.
(c) It is a low monotonous chant with slow tapping of sticks.
(d) It is at first quite lively but then slows to a quiet mood.

2. What does Tommo think is his and Toby's only chance for escape?
(a) The French.
(b) The Happars.
(c) The mountains.
(d) The sea.

3. What sight astonishes Tommo but not the Typee mothers?
(a) Five-year-old children 100 feet up in trees.
(b) Five-year-old children swimming with sharks.
(c) Five-year-old children walking on fire.
(d) Five-year-old children eating human flesh.

4. What do the narrator and Toby use to surpass the obstacle?
(a) Stealth.
(b) Knives.
(c) Ropes.
(d) Guns.

5. How is the news of a boat in the bay carried to all the Typees?
(a) A signal flag.
(b) A runner.
(c) A signal fire.
(d) A vocal telegraph.

Short Answer Questions

1. What do children use to climb coconut trees?

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

3. What is amar made of?

4. How comfortable is the hut the sailors build?

5. What instrument do the young women play?

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