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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Taboos make people off-limits from others and what else?
(a) Protected.
(b) Miserable but wise.
(c) Condemned to be eaten.
(d) Free to travel widely.

2. What is it that amazes Tommo about the Stonehenge-like site?
(a) The craftsmanship of the carvings.
(b) The alignment of the stones with the solar calendar.
(c) Ancient men having mechanical abilities.
(d) The enormous scale of the site.

3. What is the benefit of the low reproductive rates of the Typees?
(a) They do not overtax their food supply.
(b) They pass down property without dividing it.
(c) They cannot afford destructive warfare.
(d) They can keep the most fit children.

4. What does Tommo say is the Typees' one outlet for aggression?
(a) Warfare with the Happars.
(b) Execution of criminals.
(c) Warfare with the Europeans.
(d) Cannibalism.

5. What does Tommo try to engage in with the natives?
(a) Boxing.
(b) Arm-wrestling.
(c) Wrestling.
(d) Dancing.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Tommo see in earthen ovens when the Typees are preparing their feast?

2. What does Narmonee use for shaving his head?

3. What does Tommo use to make popguns for the Typee children?

4. How does Kory-Kory describe the Typee heaven?

5. Tommo sees a mausoleum. How is it decorated?

Short Essay Questions

1. Who is Moa Artua, and how is he treated?

2. What does Tommo say about the native practice of tattooing?

3. What does Tommo say about the natives' fishing expedition?

4. How does Tommo's leg affect his relationship with the natives?

5. How does Tommo compare the Typees to white people?

6. How does Tommo describe the difference between men's work and women's work?

7. Describe a typical day for Tommo.

8. What does Tommo say about the natives' musical arts?

9. How do the Typees harvest coconuts, in Tommo's account?

10. What does Tommo describe of the natives' cosmetics?

(see the answer keys)

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