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

2. Who or what approaches the Dolly when it reaches Nukuheva?
(a) A French ship.
(b) A drunken Englishman.
(c) A deserted sailor.
(d) A Spanish ship.

3. How long does the narrator expect the whaling voyage could last if he had stayed aboard?
(a) Three years.
(b) Five years.
(c) Ten years.
(d) Six months.

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

5. What do the natives bring to the Dolly?
(a) Live birds.
(b) Food.
(c) Shrunken heads.
(d) Coconuts.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Describe the interior of Nukuheva.

3. Toward what land does the ship steer?

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

5. Who are the Happars?

(see the answer key)

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