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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 7, and 8, pp. 58-82.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. On what kind of ship is the narrator sailing?
(a) A whaling ship.
(b) A merchant ship.
(c) A pleasure yacht.
(d) A warship.

2. What are the ravine's sides covered with, that make it dangerous going down and up?
(a) Sailors from their ship.
(b) Natives on the lookout.
(c) Reeds.
(d) Totems.

3. Where did the French Admiral sail for after Nukuheva?
(a) Australia.
(b) Borneo.
(c) Hawaii.
(d) Tahiti.

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

5. What does the narrator try to conceal from Toby?
(a) His poor health.
(b) His plan to return to the ship.
(c) His hunger.
(d) His fear of the natives.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. In what name are the French claiming Nukuheva?

3. What happens to the people the French threaten?

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

5. What event precipitates the narrator's ship heading to land?

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