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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What happens to the narrator's leg?
(a) It swells up.
(b) He cuts it badly.
(c) It is caught in some rocks.
(d) It is struck by a native's hunting dart.

2. Who causes a scene when they arrive on the narrator's ship?
(a) Ambassadors from Nukuheva.
(b) The captain of a French ship.
(c) The king and queen of Nukuheva.
(d) Mutinied sailors.

3. What do the narrator and Toby find on the mountain?
(a) That the natives are hostile.
(b) That they are being followed.
(c) That the natives are friendly.
(d) That there are no fruit trees.

4. Since what year had the island of Nukuheva been known to the Americans, at the outset of the book?
(a) 1812.
(b) 1758.
(c) 1822.
(d) 1791.

5. What do Toby and the narrator see when they reach the valley at the bottom of the second waterfall?
(a) Peeled fruit.
(b) A dead bird.
(c) Native hunters.
(d) Native villages.

Short Answer Questions

1. Describe the interior of Nukuheva.

2. What has the narrator heard about the Happars?

3. Where does the captain tell the sailors to stay near?

4. What kind of meat do Toby and Tommo eat with the Typees?

5. What do Fayaway and Tinor wear as decorations?

Short Essay Questions

1. Describe the island of Nukuheva.

2. What are the Ti and the Hoolah Hoolah grounds?

3. Describe the residents of the island of Nukuheva.

4. Describe the French efforts to take over the harbor of Nukuheva.

5. What signs of native activity do Toby and Tommo see, and how do they ultimately meet the natives?

6. What do Toby and Tommo discover when they make it to the mountain?

7. How does Tommo feel about his time on the Dolly?

8. What happens when the Typees bring Toby back to their village after the noon-time siesta?

9. What is life like on the whaling ship for Tommo?

10. What kind of routine does Tommo enter into with Kory-Kory?

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