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

2. How does Tommo get around the Typee village?
(a) He is carried on a litter.
(b) Kory-Kory carries him.
(c) He is restricted and does not see much of the village.
(d) He walks.

3. What is Mehevi's status among the Typees?
(a) Minor chieftain.
(b) Medicine man.
(c) Young warrior.
(d) Chief.

4. How does the narrator describe Toby?
(a) As short and stout.
(b) As small and limber.
(c) As hearty and robust.
(d) As quick and bird-like.

5. Whom does Mehevi bring to Toby and Tommo?
(a) A warrior.
(b) A doctor.
(c) Young girls.
(d) A Happar warrior.

Short Answer Questions

1. What happens to the people the French threaten?

2. What do the French threaten after Nukuheva?

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

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

5. What do Toby and the narrator eat at the celebration?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. Why would it be dangerous for Tommo to desert from his ship, and how does he plan to avoid the danger?

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

4. What happens when ships come into the bay?

5. Describe Tommo's companion Toby.

6. Describe Toby and Tommo's progress through the ravine.

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

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

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

10. Who comes to see the sailors on their first morning in the Typee village?

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