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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 11, and 12, pp. 109-140.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What do the French threaten after Nukuheva?
(a) A native church.
(b) An American merchant settlement.
(c) An English missionary's house.
(d) A group of runaways.

2. What do the narrator and Toby follow to the cliff?
(a) A river.
(b) The sound of drums.
(c) A road.
(d) A footpath.

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

4. Since what year had the island of Nukuheva been known to the Americans, at the outset of the book?
(a) 1822.
(b) 1758.
(c) 1812.
(d) 1791.

5. According to the narrator, what do sea birds signal?
(a) Whales.
(b) Approaching land.
(c) Good weather.
(d) Other shipping.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who are Toby and Tommo surrounded by when they wake up in the Typee village?

2. What are the narrator and Toby stopped by when they desert?

3. What does the narrator use when he descends the waterfall?

4. What is Mehevi's status among the Typees?

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

(see the answer key)

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