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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Describe the ravine the sailors follow.
(a) Rocky.
(b) Sparsely covered with vegetation.
(c) Narrow.
(d) Broad.

2. What kind of meat do Toby and Tommo eat with the Typees?
(a) Roast hog.
(b) Human flesh.
(c) Fish.
(d) Breadfruit.

3. What do the narrator and Toby plan to subsist on on the island?
(a) Food stolen from the natives.
(b) Food stolen from the marketplace.
(c) Wild fruit.
(d) Food stolen from the ship.

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

5. How many days food supply do the narrator and Toby have when they reach the mountain?
(a) Three.
(b) Four.
(c) Six.
(d) Five.

6. What name do the natives give Tom?
(a) Mehevi.
(b) Toby.
(c) Tommo.
(d) Typee.

7. Where does the narrator plan to go when he deserts his ship?
(a) To Australia.
(b) To Tahiti.
(c) To the harbor on the other side of the island.
(d) To the mountains.

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

9. What does Tommo think is his and Toby's only chance for escape?
(a) The sea.
(b) The French.
(c) The Happars.
(d) The mountains.

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

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

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

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

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

15. How do Toby and the narrator descend the second waterfall?
(a) They jump into the water.
(b) By hanging vines.
(c) They climb down the cliff.
(d) By a path.

Short Answer Questions

1. What do the Typees allow Toby to do?

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

3. What prevents Tommo from joining Toby's plan?

4. What does Kory-Kory do for Tommo?

5. Where do the Typees live?

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