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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 5, and 6, pp. 42-57.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Where do the narrator and Toby arrive before sundown?
(a) In the Happar village.
(b) At the highest point on the island.
(c) On the other side of the island.
(d) In the Typee village.

2. Where does the captain tell the sailors to stay near?
(a) The beach.
(b) The harbor.
(c) The French military station.
(d) The marketplace.

3. What are the narrator and Toby stopped by when they desert?
(a) A river.
(b) Hostile natives.
(c) Tall reeds.
(d) Rocky cliffs.

4. What happens to the people the French threaten?
(a) They are arrested by the French.
(b) They respond with gunfire.
(c) They refuse to take down the English flag.
(d) They submit to the French.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. How does the narrator describe Toby's personality?

2. Describe the interior of Nukuheva.

3. How does the narrator describe Toby?

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

5. Where do the Typees live?

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