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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 do the narrator and Toby use to surpass the obstacle?
(a) Ropes.
(b) Guns.
(c) Knives.
(d) Stealth.

2. How is the news of a boat in the bay carried to all the Typees?
(a) A runner.
(b) A signal flag.
(c) A vocal telegraph.
(d) A signal fire.

3. How much experience of white men have the natives had?
(a) They have traded with them for years.
(b) They have taken white men among them before.
(c) They have traveled with white men.
(d) They have never observed them closely before.

4. What does the narrator try to conceal from Toby?
(a) His plan to return to the ship.
(b) His fear of the natives.
(c) His hunger.
(d) His poor health.

5. What do the French threaten after Nukuheva?
(a) An American merchant settlement.
(b) A native church.
(c) An English missionary's house.
(d) A group of runaways.

Short Answer Questions

1. According to the narrator, what do sea birds signal?

2. Who or what approaches the Dolly when it reaches Nukuheva?

3. Where do the narrator and Toby arrive before sundown?

4. What does Toby tell Tommo about the natives?

5. Who are the Typees?

Short Essay Questions

1. Describe the incident with the French and the English missionaries.

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

3. What does Tommo see as his ship comes into Nukuheva bay?

4. What happens when ships come into the bay?

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

6. What is Tommo's situation at the beginning of "Typee"?

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

8. Describe Fayaway's appearance.

9. Describe Tommo's companion Toby.

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

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