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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. How big is the island of Nukuheva?
(a) 5 miles by 2 miles.
(b) 12 miles by 8 miles.
(c) 2 miles by 1 mile.
(d) 20 miles by 20 miles.

2. How does the narrator describe Toby?
(a) As short and stout.
(b) As small and limber.
(c) As hearty and robust.
(d) As quick and bird-like.

3. Who are the Typees?
(a) Cannibals.
(b) Friends of the Happars.
(c) None of the answers is correct.
(d) Friends of the Nukuheva.

4. Where do the Typees live?
(a) In the French fort at Nukuheva.
(b) In a valley neighboring the Happars.
(c) With the Nukuheva.
(d) On an island near Nukuheva.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What did the French Admiral demand when he reached his next destination after Nukuheva?

2. What danger will the narrator know he will confront before he abandons his ship?

3. What do the narrator and Toby plan to subsist on on the island?

4. What happens to the people the French threaten?

5. When do the narrator and Toby decide to desert?

(see the answer key)

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