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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. How comfortable is the hut the sailors build?
(a) It is filled with ants and lizards.
(b) It is snug and warm.
(c) It cannot keep out the rain.
(d) Its floor is rocky and uneven.

2. What do the French want to demonstrate to the natives at Nukuheva?
(a) Their wealth.
(b) Their desire to trade.
(c) Their power.
(d) Their compassion.

3. What do the narrator and Toby follow to the cliff?
(a) A footpath.
(b) A road.
(c) The sound of drums.
(d) A river.

4. How long has it been since the narrator saw land, when the book opens?
(a) Three months.
(b) Two years.
(c) Six months.
(d) Three years.

5. What do Toby and the narrator see when they reach the valley at the bottom of the second waterfall?
(a) Native villages.
(b) Peeled fruit.
(c) A dead bird.
(d) Native hunters.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who are the Typees?

2. How does Toby descend at the waterfall?

3. How long does the narrator expect the whaling voyage could last if he had stayed aboard?

4. What do the narrator and Toby grab on their way off the ship?

5. Why does the narrator run away from the Dolly?

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