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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 29, and 30, pp. 307-329.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is the narrator's name in "Typee"?
(a) Tommo.
(b) Toby.
(c) Melville.
(d) Kory-Kory.

2. How does Moa Artua answer questions?
(a) He is beaten and then speaks through the priest.
(b) He interprets the innards of boar and fish.
(c) He goes into a trance and then speaks.
(d) He interprets the flight of birds.

3. 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 more dignity, but less freedom.
(c) He thinks they suffer for their ignorance.
(d) He thinks they have it easier.

4. What do the narrator and Toby grab on their way off the ship?
(a) Paper.
(b) Knives.
(c) Guns.
(d) Biscuits.

5. What is amar made of?
(a) Mashed up mangoes.
(b) Roasted seaweed.
(c) Raw breadfruit.
(d) Fermented breadfruit mash.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is it taboo for Tommo to touch?

2. What does Karky want to do to Tommo?

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

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

5. How is the news of a boat in the bay carried to all the Typees?

(see the answer key)

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