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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 are pi-pis used for?
(a) Foundations for houses.
(b) Mashing breadfruit.
(c) Drying salted fish.
(d) Sacred rituals.

2. What technical knowledge of Tommo's do the Typees express interest in?
(a) Penicillin.
(b) Gunpowder.
(c) Sailing and navigation.
(d) Needle and thread.

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

4. What do the women use to lighten and soften their skin?
(a) Papa.
(b) Tappa.
(c) Poee-poee.
(d) Pi-pi.

5. How does Tommo describe the Typees' lifestyle?
(a) Precarious.
(b) Contentious.
(c) Migratory.
(d) Harmonious.

Short Answer Questions

1. Tommo sees a mausoleum. How is it decorated?

2. How does Tommo dress for the feast?

3. What does Tommo like about the Typee lifestyle?

4. What does Tommo use to make popguns for the Typee children?

5. Whom does Tommo ask Mehevi to take on the canoe?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

4. What happens after the second skirmish with the Happars?

5. How does Tommo describe the difference between men's work and women's work?

6. How do the Typees harvest coconuts, in Tommo's account?

7. Describe the Stonehenge-like site Tommo sees.

8. How does Tommo entertain the Typee children?

9. How does Tommo's leg affect his relationship with the natives?

10. Describe the mausoleum Tommo sees.

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