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

2. In what name are the French claiming Nukuheva?
(a) Liberty.
(b) Equality.
(c) Civilization.
(d) Progress.

3. How do the girls in the village treat Tommo?
(a) They tease him and run away when he tries to talk with them.
(b) They shun him.
(c) They rub him with oils after Kory-Kory bathes him.
(d) They wash him in the stream twice a day.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

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

2. How does Tommo get around the Typee village?

3. How long has it been since the narrator saw land, when the book opens?

4. What danger will the narrator know he will confront before he abandons his ship?

5. What has the narrator heard about the Happars?

Short Essay Questions

1. Describe the island of Nukuheva.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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