View a FREE sample

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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Where do the Typees live?
(a) With the Nukuheva.
(b) In the French fort at Nukuheva.
(c) On an island near Nukuheva.
(d) In a valley neighboring the Happars.

2. How does the narrator describe Toby's personality?
(a) Easy-going.
(b) Passionate.
(c) Shy.
(d) Lazy.

3. Who comes to see Toby and Tommo after they wake up?
(a) Groups of female natives.
(b) Groups of Happars.
(c) Groups of male natives.
(d) Groups of children.

4. Describe the ravine the sailors follow.
(a) Narrow.
(b) Broad.
(c) Rocky.
(d) Sparsely covered with vegetation.

5. What do Toby and the narrator eat at the celebration?
(a) Roast boar.
(b) Poee-poee.
(c) Human flesh.
(d) Porridge.

Short Answer Questions

1. What happens to the narrator's leg?

2. What do the narrator and Toby plan to subsist on on the island?

3. Since what year had the island of Nukuheva been known to the Americans, at the outset of the book?

4. Why does the narrator run away from the Dolly?

5. Who are the Happars?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

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

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

7. Describe Tommo's companion Toby.

8. What happens when ships come into the bay?

9. What happens to Tommo's health as he and Toby make their way around in the mountains?

10. Describe Toby and Tommo's escape from the ship.

(see the answer keys)

This section contains 674 words (approx. 3 pages at 300 words per page) View a FREE sample