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

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

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

5. What rumor does Tommo hear when he is at the Ti?
(a) That Toby has fled.
(b) That boats have come.
(c) That Happars have come.
(d) That Toby has died.

6. Why are the naked old women jumping up and down during the feast?
(a) To incite the men to war.
(b) To prepare to eat Tommo.
(c) To stimulate the earth's fertility.
(d) To mourn their husbands.

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

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

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

10. 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 him and ate him.
(c) They killed all the birds themselves so he would not have any hunting.
(d) They could not kill him, but they denied him water and forced him to go away.

11. How is the fish catch divided among the Typees?
(a) The catch is divided according to who has put in the most work fishing.
(b) The people keep the fish they catch.
(c) People keep their own catch, but give a percentage to the elderly and poor.
(d) The fish are divided into portions for everyone.

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

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

14. What are pi-pis used for?
(a) Sacred rituals.
(b) Mashing breadfruit.
(c) Foundations for houses.
(d) Drying salted fish.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. How does Tommo describe the Typees' lifestyle?

2. Where are there other similar Stonehenge-like sites?

3. What does Tommo say is the Typees' one outlet for aggression?

4. What do children use to climb coconut trees?

5. According to Marnoo, what do the French feel about coming to Typee bay?

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