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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.
Multiple Choice Questions
1. How old is Marnoo?
(a) 12.
(b) 72.
(c) 18.
(d) 25.
2. What does Karky want to do to Tommo?
(a) Tattoo his face.
(b) Enlist him with the warriors.
(c) Eat him.
(d) Heal him.
3. How does Kory-Kory describe the Typee heaven?
(a) Sensory delights.
(b) Justice and peace.
(c) Good food and beautiful women.
(d) Eternal grace.
4. What are pi-pis used for?
(a) Foundations for houses.
(b) Drying salted fish.
(c) Sacred rituals.
(d) Mashing breadfruit.
5. Taboos make people off-limits from others and what else?
(a) Protected.
(b) Miserable but wise.
(c) Free to travel widely.
(d) Condemned to be eaten.
6. How is scented coconut oil made?
(a) Spices from Tahiti are added to the oil.
(b) Oil is only collected from certain coconuts.
(c) It is stored in a special nut after being sun dried.
(d) Young girls add scented flowers to the oil.
7. How does Tommo dress for the feast?
(a) He wears a robe like the others'.
(b) He is naked.
(c) In a loincloth.
(d) In a tunic and flowers.
8. What did the natives do to the captain who shot birds in the Bay of Tior, in Tommo's recollection?
(a) They could not kill him, but they denied him water and forced him to go away.
(b) They killed him and ate him.
(c) They killed all the birds themselves so he would not have any hunting.
(d) They helped him get all the birds he wanted then made him leave.
9. How does Kory-Kory reassure Tommo?
(a) He tells him that his bad leg prevents him from being eaten.
(b) He tells him that he is part of the tribe now, and will never be eaten.
(c) He tells him that he is likely to be rescued soon.
(d) He tells him that the Typee warriors were feasting on pig, not Happar warriors.
10. When the Typees prepare for their feast, what do they make their pyramid out of?
(a) Calabashes.
(b) Breadfruit.
(c) Firewood.
(d) Reeds.
11. How does Moa Artua answer questions?
(a) He interprets the flight of birds.
(b) He is beaten and then speaks through the priest.
(c) He interprets the innards of boar and fish.
(d) He goes into a trance and then speaks.
12. Why does Tommo say the natives are hostile to Europeans?
(a) Because there are so many of them.
(b) Because of their superiority in technology.
(c) Because they have been attacked by them.
(d) Because they feel superior to them.
13. What does Tommo say is the Typees' one outlet for aggression?
(a) Warfare with the Happars.
(b) Warfare with the Europeans.
(c) Cannibalism.
(d) Execution of criminals.
14. What does Kory-Kory tell Tommo about the ancient site?
(a) It was built by the French.
(b) It was built by slaves.
(c) His forefathers built it.
(d) It was built by the gods.
15. What surprises Tommo about the birds and lizards in Typee?
(a) They are so brightly colored.
(b) They are not afraid of humans.
(c) They are enormous.
(d) They are man-eaters.
Short Answer Questions
1. What do the natives keep asking Tommo to do?
2. How does Tommo compare the natives' lives with Europeans'?
3. What does Tommo try to engage in with the natives?
4. To whom does Tommo compare the appearance of the Typees favorably?
5. What does Tommo say is women's work?
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