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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. Who or what approaches the Dolly when it reaches Nukuheva?
(a) A drunken Englishman.
(b) A French ship.
(c) A Spanish ship.
(d) A deserted sailor.

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

3. What are the narrator and Toby stopped by when they desert?
(a) A river.
(b) Rocky cliffs.
(c) Hostile natives.
(d) Tall reeds.

4. What do the narrator and Toby find in their pockets when they have reached the mountain?
(a) Nothing.
(b) Soggy biscuits.
(c) Salted beef.
(d) Fire ants.

5. Where does the captain tell the sailors to stay near?
(a) The harbor.
(b) The marketplace.
(c) The beach.
(d) The French military station.

Short Answer Questions

1. How long does the narrator expect the whaling voyage could last if he had stayed aboard?

2. What happens to the people the French threaten?

3. What is the narrator's name in "Typee"?

4. Where do the sailors set up their hut?

5. What do Fayaway and Tinor wear as decorations?

Short Essay Questions

1. What preparations do Toby and Tommo make, and what obstacles do they encounter when they escape?

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

3. What communication do Toby and Tommo exchange with the natives?

4. What plans do Toby and Tommo make for escape?

5. Describe Fayaway's appearance.

6. Describe Tommo's companion Toby.

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

8. Describe the island of Nukuheva.

9. What do Toby and Tommo do when they can no longer descend the cliff by using vines and foot holds?

10. What signs of civilization do Toby and Tommo see from the mountains?

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