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

2. Who are the Happars?
(a) Friends of the Typees.
(b) Friends of the Americans.
(c) Friends of the Nukuheva.
(d) Friends of the English.

3. Toward what land does the ship steer?
(a) Borneo.
(b) Hawaii.
(c) Australia.
(d) The Marquesas Islands.

4. What danger will the narrator know he will confront before he abandons his ship?
(a) The savages will hunt him and sell him into slavery.
(b) The French will try to hunt him down.
(c) The renegades and deserters on the island will torture him before they admit him into their group.
(d) The captain will bribe the natives to search for him.

5. What do the narrator and Toby grab on their way off the ship?
(a) Biscuits.
(b) Knives.
(c) Guns.
(d) Paper.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Kory-Kory do for Tommo?

2. When do the narrator and Toby decide to desert?

3. What does Toby tell Tommo about the natives?

4. Describe the ravine the sailors follow.

5. Who are the Typees?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. Describe the residents of the island of Nukuheva.

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

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

5. Toby and Tommo follow a footpath. Where does it lead them, and how do they proceed?

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

7. What is Kory-Kory's relationship with Tommo like?

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

9. Describe Tommo's companion Toby.

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

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