Typee: A Peep at Polynesian Life [Edited by George Woodcock] | Short Question Answer Key

Short Answer Key

Chapters 1, and 2, pp. 1-20

1. What is the narrator's name in "Typee"?

Tommo.

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

The last chicken was killed which the captain ate.

3. How long has it been since the narrator saw land, when the book opens?

Six months.

4. Toward what land does the ship steer?

The Marquesas Islands.

5. On what kind of ship is the narrator sailing?

A whaling ship.

6. Who causes a scene when they arrive on the narrator's ship?

The king and queen of Nukuheva.

7. According to the narrator, what do sea birds signal?

Approaching land.

8. Since what year had the island of Nukuheva been known to the Americans, at the outset of the book?

1791.

9. How big is the island...
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