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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Tommo like about the Typee lifestyle?
(a) People have private property.
(b) People pick fruit without asking anyone's permission.
(c) Men have as many wives as they like.
(d) No one has to do any work.

2. Whom does Tommo ask Mehevi to take on the canoe?
(a) Fayaway.
(b) Toby.
(c) Tinor.
(d) Kory-Kory.

3. What does Tommo say is the Typees' one outlet for aggression?
(a) Execution of criminals.
(b) Cannibalism.
(c) Warfare with the Europeans.
(d) Warfare with the Happars.

4. How many husbands do most Typee women have?
(a) Two.
(b) Three.
(c) As many as they like.
(d) One.

5. What does Tommo try to engage in with the natives?
(a) Dancing.
(b) Boxing.
(c) Arm-wrestling.
(d) Wrestling.

6. Where is private property a Typee practice?
(a) In real estate.
(b) In personal possessions.
(c) In spouses.
(d) In goods that come from the ocean.

7. How big is a breadfruit?
(a) Watermelon-sized.
(b) Lemon-sized.
(c) Lime-sized.
(d) Melon-sized.

8. What does Kolory carry?
(a) A carving of a war canoe.
(b) A spear with a carved idol.
(c) A club with a human skull.
(d) A Frenchman's helmet.

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

10. What does Tommo believe are in the packages the Typees bring back with them after a skirmish with the Happars?
(a) Happar bodies.
(b) Trophies.
(c) Captive Happar warriors.
(d) Happar wives.

11. Taboos make people off-limits from others and what else?
(a) Condemned to be eaten.
(b) Miserable but wise.
(c) Protected.
(d) Free to travel widely.

12. Where was Captain Cook supposed to have been cannibalized?
(a) Typee Bay.
(b) The Marquesas.
(c) The Sandwich Islands.
(d) Nukuheva.

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

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

15. How is the fish catch divided among the Typees?
(a) The catch is divided according to who has put in the most work fishing.
(b) The people keep the fish they catch.
(c) The fish are divided into portions for everyone.
(d) People keep their own catch, but give a percentage to the elderly and poor.

Short Answer Questions

1. What rumor does Tommo hear when he is at the Ti?

2. What does Kory-Kory bring to Tommo to add variety to his diet?

3. What does Tommo see when he comes back from the Ti one day?

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

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

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