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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

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

4. What does Tommo see in earthen ovens when the Typees are preparing their feast?
(a) Poee-poee packets.
(b) Fish.
(c) Reeds.
(d) Tappa.

5. 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) Happar wives.
(d) Captive Happar warriors.

6. What is Tommo surprised not to find on the island?
(a) Songbirds.
(b) Sharks.
(c) Snakes.
(d) Crocodiles.

7. From what do the Typees make cloth?
(a) The under bark of the cloth tree.
(b) Seaweed.
(c) The skins of deer and boar.
(d) Fish skin.

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

9. What technical knowledge of Tommo's do the Typees express interest in?
(a) Sailing and navigation.
(b) Gunpowder.
(c) Penicillin.
(d) Needle and thread.

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

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

12. When the Typees prepare for their feast, what do they make their pyramid out of?
(a) Breadfruit.
(b) Firewood.
(c) Reeds.
(d) Calabashes.

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

14. How does Tommo compare the natives' lives with Europeans'?
(a) He thinks they have it easier.
(b) He thinks they have more dignity, but less freedom.
(c) He thinks they suffer for their ignorance.
(d) He thinks they are filthy and miserable in their poverty.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Tommo find is in short supply on the island?

2. Why are the naked old women jumping up and down during the feast?

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

4. How old is Marnoo?

5. What instrument do the young women play?

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