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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. What has the narrator heard about the Happars?
(a) That they will return them to the ship.
(b) That they are a powerful tribe.
(c) That they are cannibals.
(d) That they are friendly.

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

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

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Where did the French Admiral sail for after Nukuheva?

2. Where do the Typees live?

3. How does the narrator describe Toby?

4. Who or what approaches the Dolly when it reaches Nukuheva?

5. Who are the Happars?

(see the answer key)

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