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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

3. Where do the sailors set up their hut?
(a) With the Happars.
(b) On the beach.
(c) At the mountaintop.
(d) At the bottom of a cliff.

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

5. On what kind of ship is the narrator sailing?
(a) A warship.
(b) A merchant ship.
(c) A whaling ship.
(d) A pleasure yacht.

6. Who or what approaches the Dolly when it reaches Nukuheva?
(a) A French ship.
(b) A drunken Englishman.
(c) A deserted sailor.
(d) A Spanish ship.

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

8. What does the narrator use when he descends the waterfall?
(a) Toby's help.
(b) Hanging vines.
(c) A walking stick.
(d) Tree bark for sandals.

9. How big is the island of Nukuheva?
(a) 2 miles by 1 mile.
(b) 5 miles by 2 miles.
(c) 20 miles by 20 miles.
(d) 12 miles by 8 miles.

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

11. What do the narrator and Toby find on the mountain?
(a) That the natives are hostile.
(b) That there are no fruit trees.
(c) That they are being followed.
(d) That the natives are friendly.

12. What do the narrators hope to find if they follow the river at the bottom of the ravine?
(a) Friendly natives.
(b) Their shipmates.
(c) A valley with fruit.
(d) Weapons for hunting.

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

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Under what condition will Kory-Kory allow Toby to go to the shore to meet the boat?

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

3. What are the ravine's sides covered with, that make it dangerous going down and up?

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

5. How much experience of white men have the natives had?

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