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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What technical knowledge of Tommo's do the Typees express interest in?
(a) Penicillin.
(b) Gunpowder.
(c) Sailing and navigation.
(d) Needle and thread.

2. When the Typees prepare for their feast, what do they make their pyramid out of?
(a) Breadfruit.
(b) Firewood.
(c) Calabashes.
(d) Reeds.

3. What is a synonym for taboo?
(a) Forbidden.
(b) Exceptional.
(c) Special.
(d) Unique.

4. What is amar made of?
(a) Roasted seaweed.
(b) Raw breadfruit.
(c) Mashed up mangoes.
(d) Fermented breadfruit mash.

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

6. What do people own individually?
(a) Their fruit trees.
(b) Their pi-pi.
(c) Their labor.
(d) Their spouses and children.

7. According to Marnoo, what do the French feel about coming to Typee bay?
(a) They will be glad to restock their ships.
(b) They anticipate good trade.
(c) They are aggressive.
(d) They are afraid.

8. How does Tommo describe the sound made by the young women's instruments?
(a) Grating.
(b) Syncopated.
(c) Harsh.
(d) Pleasing.

9. What does Tommo find at the Ti groves?
(a) Escape from the Typees.
(b) Conversation and good food.
(c) Women's company.
(d) Good fishing.

10. What is it taboo for Tommo to touch?
(a) Tattooing materials.
(b) Certain feathers.
(c) Tappa cloth.
(d) Hunting implements.

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

12. What does Tommo see in earthen ovens when the Typees are preparing their feast?
(a) Reeds.
(b) Tappa.
(c) Poee-poee packets.
(d) Fish.

13. Where does breadfruit come from?
(a) Large trees.
(b) Cultivated groves.
(c) The Happars' part of the island.
(d) Other islands.

14. What happens when the Happars venture into Typee territory?
(a) They are repulsed.
(b) They claim the territory for themselves.
(c) They kill some Typees.
(d) They steal some muskets.

15. What about the appearance of the Typees does Tommo notice most?
(a) Their skin is beautifully smooth and tan.
(b) Their features are very fine.
(c) Their teeth are white.
(d) They are all very tall.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Tommo think about human sacrifices before the feast?

2. What does Tommo use to make popguns for the Typee children?

3. What does Tommo say the natives do before going to sleep?

4. What is Tommo surprised not to find on the island?

5. What do the natives keep asking Tommo to do?

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