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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How does Tommo compare the natives' lives with Europeans'?
(a) He thinks they have more dignity, but less freedom.
(b) He thinks they suffer for their ignorance.
(c) He thinks they are filthy and miserable in their poverty.
(d) He thinks they have it easier.

2. What does Marnoo say that shocks Tommo?
(a) That he is going to eat him.
(b) Hello in English.
(c) That he will help him escape.
(d) That the Americans are looking for him.

3. What is Tommo's experience of the mineral spring water?
(a) It heals his leg.
(b) It tastes terrible.
(c) It rejuvenates him.
(d) It is very hot.

4. Where does Kory-Kory tell Tommo the chief in the mausoleum is going?
(a) To hell.
(b) To Hades.
(c) To Polynesian paradise.
(d) To the happy hunting grounds.

5. How is scented coconut oil made?
(a) It is stored in a special nut after being sun dried.
(b) Spices from Tahiti are added to the oil.
(c) Oil is only collected from certain coconuts.
(d) Young girls add scented flowers to the oil.

6. What sight astonishes Tommo but not the Typee mothers?
(a) Five-year-old children eating human flesh.
(b) Five-year-old children walking on fire.
(c) Five-year-old children 100 feet up in trees.
(d) Five-year-old children swimming with sharks.

7. What does Tommo notice about the insects in Typee?
(a) The mosquitoes carry deadly diseases.
(b) There are no mosquitoes.
(c) The ants make painful bites.
(d) Some walking sticks are almost as big as he is.

8. What instrument do the young women play?
(a) Stringed instruments like violins.
(b) Small drums.
(c) A nasal flute.
(d) Tambourines.

9. Where are the packages of pork put for everyone to eat during the feast?
(a) In the trees.
(b) Along the stream
(c) Along the paths.
(d) In the Ti.

10. Who is Moa Artua?
(a) The head god of the Typees.
(b) The original Typee founder.
(c) The head chieftain of the Typees.
(d) The medicine man of the Typees.

11. What animals is Tommo surprised to find in Typee?
(a) Chickens.
(b) Pigs and horses.
(c) A donkey.
(d) Dogs and a cat.

12. What are pi-pis used for?
(a) Drying salted fish.
(b) Foundations for houses.
(c) Mashing breadfruit.
(d) Sacred rituals.

13. Where is there an ancient, Stonehenge-like site?
(a) In the Happar territory.
(b) Near the mountains.
(c) By the stream.
(d) Near the shore.

14. What is Tommo surprised not to find on the island?
(a) Sharks.
(b) Snakes.
(c) Songbirds.
(d) Crocodiles.

15. How old is Marnoo?
(a) 18.
(b) 12.
(c) 72.
(d) 25.

Short Answer Questions

1. How does Tommo describe the activity before sleep?

2. How big is a breadfruit?

3. What happens when the Happars venture into Typee territory?

4. Why does Tommo say the natives are hostile to Europeans?

5. What is it that amazes Tommo about the Stonehenge-like site?

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