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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. How does Tommo compare the natives' lives with Europeans'?
(a) He thinks they are filthy and miserable in their poverty.
(b) He thinks they have it easier.
(c) He thinks they suffer for their ignorance.
(d) He thinks they have more dignity, but less freedom.

2. What happens when the Happars venture into Typee territory?
(a) They claim the territory for themselves.
(b) They steal some muskets.
(c) They are repulsed.
(d) They kill some Typees.

3. What does Tommo compare to the Typees' cannibalism?
(a) White men's warfare.
(b) White men's diseases.
(c) White men's tortures.
(d) White men's religion.

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

5. What does Tommo like about the Typee lifestyle?
(a) People pick fruit without asking anyone's permission.
(b) No one has to do any work.
(c) People have private property.
(d) Men have as many wives as they like.

Short Answer Questions

1. How is breadfruit prepared?

2. What does Tommo say is women's work?

3. Where is private property a Typee practice?

4. What do Toby and the narrator know about the Typees?

5. What does the narrator see when he wakes up after a nap on his second day on the island?

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