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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 13 and 14, pp. pp. 141-163.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What is the narrator's name in "Typee"?
(a) Tommo.
(b) Melville.
(c) Toby.
(d) Kory-Kory.

3. What happens to the narrator's leg?
(a) It is caught in some rocks.
(b) He cuts it badly.
(c) It is struck by a native's hunting dart.
(d) It swells up.

4. How do the girls in the village treat Tommo?
(a) They rub him with oils after Kory-Kory bathes him.
(b) They shun him.
(c) They tease him and run away when he tries to talk with them.
(d) They wash him in the stream twice a day.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What do the narrator and Toby use to surpass the obstacle?

2. Whom does Mehevi bring to Toby and Tommo?

3. Where does the narrator plan to go when he deserts his ship?

4. What do the narrator and Toby grab on their way off the ship?

5. What kind of meat do Toby and Tommo eat with the Typees?

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