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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. What is Tommo's experience of the mineral spring water?
(a) It heals his leg.
(b) It is very hot.
(c) It rejuvenates him.
(d) It tastes terrible.

2. What rumor does Tommo hear when he is at the Ti?
(a) That Happars have come.
(b) That Toby has fled.
(c) That boats have come.
(d) That Toby has died.

3. How does Tommo dress for the feast?
(a) In a loincloth.
(b) He wears a robe like the others'.
(c) In a tunic and flowers.
(d) He is naked.

4. Where are there other similar Stonehenge-like sites?
(a) Near burial grounds.
(b) By the coast where people used to trade.
(c) Near old battlefields.
(d) In the heart of the ancient cities.

5. What does Tommo notice about building practices?
(a) Houses can be built in a day with communal labor.
(b) Houses are permanent structures passed in the family.
(c) Houses are moved continuously because they wear out so quickly.
(d) Houses are long communal dwellings that are not owned.

Short Answer Questions

1. How is breadfruit prepared?

2. How do the women dress for the feast?

3. What is the benefit of the low reproductive rates of the Typees?

4. What animals is Tommo surprised to find in Typee?

5. On whom does Tommo say the Typees practice cannibalism?

Short Essay Questions

1. Who is Marnoo, and what is his interaction with Tommo?

2. What technology of Tommo's impresses the Typees?

3. What does Tommo describe of the natives' cosmetics?

4. What does Tommo say about the native practice of tattooing?

5. Describe the Stonehenge-like site Tommo sees.

6. What does Tommo say about the Typees as swimmers?

7. What sight disturbs Tommo?

8. What does Tommo say about the Typees' different foods?

9. Describe a typical day for Tommo.

10. Describe the preparations for the feast of the calabashes.

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