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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Toby tell Tommo about the natives?
(a) That they are fickle.
(b) That they are afraid of them.
(c) That they are trustworthy.
(d) That they are loyal.

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

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

4. What are the ravine's sides covered with, that make it dangerous going down and up?
(a) Reeds.
(b) Totems.
(c) Natives on the lookout.
(d) Sailors from their ship.

5. Why does the narrator run away from the Dolly?
(a) He was left ashore mistakenly.
(b) He wants to be alone.
(c) He falls in love with a native girl.
(d) He considers the captain a tyrant.

6. How does the narrator describe Toby's personality?
(a) Lazy.
(b) Shy.
(c) Easy-going.
(d) Passionate.

7. What do the narrator and Toby grab on their way off the ship?
(a) Guns.
(b) Paper.
(c) Biscuits.
(d) Knives.

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

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

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

11. What has the narrator heard about the Happars?
(a) That they are a powerful tribe.
(b) That they are friendly.
(c) That they will return them to the ship.
(d) That they are cannibals.

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

13. How does Tommo get around the Typee village?
(a) He is restricted and does not see much of the village.
(b) Kory-Kory carries him.
(c) He walks.
(d) He is carried on a litter.

14. How does Toby end up unconscious?
(a) He falls from a waterfall.
(b) He eats something poisonous.
(c) He is shot by a French soldier.
(d) He is hit by a Happar spear.

15. How is the news of a boat in the bay carried to all the Typees?
(a) A signal fire.
(b) A vocal telegraph.
(c) A runner.
(d) A signal flag.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Where did the French Admiral sail for after Nukuheva?

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

4. What does Kory-Kory tell Toby and Tommo about the Happars?

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

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