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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How does Kory-Kory reassure Tommo?
(a) He tells him that he is likely to be rescued soon.
(b) He tells him that his bad leg prevents him from being eaten.
(c) He tells him that he is part of the tribe now, and will never be eaten.
(d) He tells him that the Typee warriors were feasting on pig, not Happar warriors.

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

3. What is the benefit of the low reproductive rates of the Typees?
(a) They cannot afford destructive warfare.
(b) They pass down property without dividing it.
(c) They do not overtax their food supply.
(d) They can keep the most fit children.

4. Why does Tommo say the natives are hostile to Europeans?
(a) Because of their superiority in technology.
(b) Because there are so many of them.
(c) Because they feel superior to them.
(d) Because they have been attacked by them.

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

6. Where are the packages of pork put for everyone to eat during the feast?
(a) In the trees.
(b) Along the stream
(c) In the Ti.
(d) Along the paths.

7. How is breadfruit prepared?
(a) It is peeled and cored, then cooked.
(b) It is eaten raw.
(c) It is boiled then eaten whole.
(d) It is salted and dried.

8. What does Narmonee use for shaving his head?
(a) A sharpened bone.
(b) A shark tooth.
(c) A sharpened stone.
(d) A piece of metal salvaged from a ship.

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

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

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

12. What does Tommo think about human sacrifices before the feast?
(a) He thinks it is necessary to the harmony of the cosmos.
(b) He thinks it is an exaggeration from sailors.
(c) He thinks it is a way to take power from an enemy.
(d) He thinks it is a grave religious ritual.

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

14. From what do the Typee men make their fishing nets?
(a) Breadfruit husks.
(b) Tappa.
(c) Tree bark.
(d) Cloth trees.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Marheyo make with Tommo's shoes?

2. What does Tommo notice about the insects in Typee?

3. What is it that amazes Tommo about the Stonehenge-like site?

4. On whom does Tommo say the Typees practice cannibalism?

5. How is scented coconut oil made?

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