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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. 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) They are all very tall.
(d) Their teeth are white.

2. What is it that amazes Tommo about the Stonehenge-like site?
(a) Ancient men having mechanical abilities.
(b) The enormous scale of the site.
(c) The alignment of the stones with the solar calendar.
(d) The craftsmanship of the carvings.

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

4. What does Tommo use to make popguns for the Typee children?
(a) Wood salvaged from a shipwreck.
(b) Breadfruit shoots.
(c) Bamboo.
(d) Bones.

5. What do the natives keep asking Tommo to do?
(a) Exorcise the evil spirit in his bum leg.
(b) Dance for them.
(c) Tattoo his face.
(d) Hunt with them.

6. What did the natives do to the captain who shot birds in the Bay of Tior, in Tommo's recollection?
(a) They helped him get all the birds he wanted then made him leave.
(b) They killed all the birds themselves so he would not have any hunting.
(c) They killed him and ate him.
(d) They could not kill him, but they denied him water and forced him to go away.

7. What do children use to climb coconut trees?
(a) Leather slippers.
(b) Grips made of bone.
(c) Devices made of bark.
(d) Toothed sandals.

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

9. What do the women use to lighten and soften their skin?
(a) Tappa.
(b) Pi-pi.
(c) Papa.
(d) Poee-poee.

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

11. How do the women dress for the feast?
(a) They wear robes of feathers and flowers.
(b) They wear elaborate batik skirts.
(c) In tappa skirts, wrapped in flowers.
(d) They wear only loincloths, with flowers in their hair.

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

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

14. Where are there other similar Stonehenge-like sites?
(a) Near burial grounds.
(b) Near old battlefields.
(c) By the coast where people used to trade.
(d) In the heart of the ancient cities.

15. What kind of coconuts do the natives prefer?
(a) Ripe ones that have just fallen to the ground.
(b) Sweet ones that have been on the ground for a few days.
(c) Green ones before they fall from the tree.
(d) Overripe ones that have started to ferment.

Short Answer Questions

1. How does Tommo describe the Typees' lifestyle?

2. What does Narmonee use for shaving his head?

3. Where does breadfruit come from?

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

5. From what do the Typees make cloth?

(see the answer keys)

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