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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 27and 28, pp. 293-306.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. On whom does Tommo say the Typees practice cannibalism?
(a) Enemies killed in battle.
(b) Wayward youth.
(c) Adulterers.
(d) Europeans.

3. What do Toby and the narrator know about the Typees?
(a) They are supposed to be indolent.
(b) They are supposed to be industrious.
(c) They are supposed to be friendly.
(d) They are supposed to be cruel.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What does the narrator see when he wakes up after a nap on his second day on the island?

2. How does Tommo compare the natives' lives with Europeans'?

3. Where do the narrator and Toby arrive before sundown?

4. What does the narrator try to conceal from Toby?

5. What rumor does Tommo hear when he is at the Ti?

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