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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What does Tommo figure out about Marnoo?
(a) That he was once exiled from the Typees.
(b) That he has been to France.
(c) That he was raised by the Happars.
(d) That he is taboo.

3. What does Tommo find is in short supply on the island?
(a) Gold.
(b) Salt.
(c) Breadfruit.
(d) Wild boar.

4. How does Tommo describe the activity before sleep?
(a) It is a low monotonous chant with slow tapping of sticks.
(b) It is fierce and aggressive.
(c) It is quiet and meditative.
(d) It is at first quite lively but then slows to a quiet mood.

5. What does Kory-Kory bring to Tommo to add variety to his diet?
(a) Boar.
(b) Pork.
(c) Seaweed.
(d) Wild birds.

6. How does Moa Artua answer questions?
(a) He is beaten and then speaks through the priest.
(b) He interprets the innards of boar and fish.
(c) He goes into a trance and then speaks.
(d) He interprets the flight of birds.

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

8. Why do the girls have to leave when Tommo asks for a canoe?
(a) They do not want to be seen in the canoe.
(b) The canoe belongs to a powerful chief and they would be insulting him to get in it without him.
(c) The canoe is taboo.
(d) They cannot swim.

9. What does Marnoo know about Toby's fate?
(a) He has no idea.
(b) He tells Tommo that Toby escaped.
(c) He tells Tommo that Toby was captured by the French.
(d) He tells Tommo that Toby was killed.

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

11. What does Tommo say the natives do before going to sleep?
(a) Chant and bang sticks.
(b) Hunt.
(c) Repair their fishing gear.
(d) Dance and tell stories.

12. What does Kory-Kory tell Tommo about the ancient site?
(a) It was built by the French.
(b) His forefathers built it.
(c) It was built by slaves.
(d) It was built by the gods.

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

14. What does Karky want to do to Tommo?
(a) Eat him.
(b) Tattoo his face.
(c) Enlist him with the warriors.
(d) Heal him.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What sight astonishes Tommo but not the Typee mothers?

2. How is scented coconut oil made?

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

4. Whom does Tommo ask Mehevi to take on the canoe?

5. What does Tommo see in earthen ovens when the Typees are preparing their feast?

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