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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who are the Happars?
(a) Friends of the Nukuheva.
(b) Friends of the Typees.
(c) Friends of the Americans.
(d) Friends of the English.

2. What prevents Tommo from joining Toby's plan?
(a) His affection for Kory-Kory.
(b) Mehevi's surveillance.
(c) His lame leg.
(d) His marriage to a Typee girl.

3. Toward what land does the ship steer?
(a) Hawaii.
(b) The Marquesas Islands.
(c) Borneo.
(d) Australia.

4. When Toby and the narrator see a native boy and girl, what are the native children carrying?
(a) Bananas.
(b) Breadfruit.
(c) An infant.
(d) A basket filled with seashells.

5. How do the Typees respond to news of a boat in their bay?
(a) They reconnoiter the bay.
(b) They arm themselves.
(c) They gather goods to trade.
(d) They hide in the bush.

6. When do the narrator and Toby decide to desert?
(a) In the middle of the night.
(b) During shore leave.
(c) After the second watch.
(d) During the fight with the French.

7. What do the Typees allow Toby to do?
(a) Return to the American ship.
(b) Get help from the French ships.
(c) Travel to the boundary of Happar territory.
(d) Marry a Typee girl.

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

9. What does Mehevi want information about from Toby and Tommo?
(a) The French invasion force.
(b) The Happar villages.
(c) America's strength relative to France.
(d) American women.

10. How comfortable is the hut the sailors build?
(a) It is snug and warm.
(b) Its floor is rocky and uneven.
(c) It cannot keep out the rain.
(d) It is filled with ants and lizards.

11. Where do the narrator and Toby arrive before sundown?
(a) In the Typee village.
(b) At the highest point on the island.
(c) In the Happar village.
(d) On the other side of the island.

12. In what name are the French claiming Nukuheva?
(a) Progress.
(b) Civilization.
(c) Equality.
(d) Liberty.

13. What breaks Toby's fall when he jumps at the bottom of the descent of the second waterfall?
(a) Native hunters.
(b) Low bushes.
(c) A palm tree.
(d) The water.

14. What do the French want to demonstrate to the natives at Nukuheva?
(a) Their desire to trade.
(b) Their compassion.
(c) Their power.
(d) Their wealth.

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

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What is the narrator's name in "Typee"?

3. What do Toby and the narrator know about the Typees?

4. Where does the captain tell the sailors to stay near?

5. What do the natives bring to the Dolly?

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