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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 9, and 10, 83-108.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What do Toby and the narrator eat at the celebration?
(a) Poee-poee.
(b) Roast boar.
(c) Human flesh.
(d) Porridge.

2. Where does the narrator plan to go when he deserts his ship?
(a) To Australia.
(b) To Tahiti.
(c) To the mountains.
(d) To the harbor on the other side of the island.

3. How does the narrator describe Toby's personality?
(a) Passionate.
(b) Lazy.
(c) Shy.
(d) Easy-going.

4. According to the narrator, what do sea birds signal?
(a) Whales.
(b) Other shipping.
(c) Good weather.
(d) Approaching land.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Where do Toby and the narrator follow the children to?

2. In what name are the French claiming Nukuheva?

3. What do the natives bring to the Dolly?

4. What do the French threaten after Nukuheva?

5. How does the narrator describe Toby?

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