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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

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

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

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

6. What do the narrator and Toby find in their pockets when they have reached the mountain?
(a) Fire ants.
(b) Salted beef.
(c) Nothing.
(d) Soggy biscuits.

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

8. Under what condition will Kory-Kory allow Toby to go to the shore to meet the boat?
(a) Tommo stays behind.
(b) He allows himself to be tied to Kory-Kory.
(c) He leaves his possessions.
(d) He promises not to run off.

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

10. What did the French Admiral demand when he reached his next destination after Nukuheva?
(a) Money and treasure.
(b) Safe haven for his crew.
(c) Liberty for the natives.
(d) Repairs for his ship.

11. 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.

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

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

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

15. How does Toby plan to help Tommo?
(a) By finding Tommo a wife.
(b) By ransoming Tommo from Mehevi.
(c) By freeing Tommo from Kory-Kory.
(d) By bringing help from the French ships.

Short Answer Questions

1. What do the French want to demonstrate to the natives at Nukuheva?

2. Who are Toby and Tommo surrounded by when they wake up in the Typee village?

3. Who are the Typees?

4. Who comes to see Toby and Tommo after they wake up?

5. How long has it been since the narrator saw land, when the book opens?

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