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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 does Tommo find is in short supply on the island?
(a) Salt.
(b) Breadfruit.
(c) Gold.
(d) Wild boar.

2. Where does breadfruit come from?
(a) Other islands.
(b) Large trees.
(c) The Happars' part of the island.
(d) Cultivated groves.

3. How does Tommo compare the natives' lives with Europeans'?
(a) He thinks they are filthy and miserable in their poverty.
(b) He thinks they have it easier.
(c) He thinks they suffer for their ignorance.
(d) He thinks they have more dignity, but less freedom.

4. Where does Kory-Kory tell Tommo the chief in the mausoleum is going?
(a) To Hades.
(b) To Polynesian paradise.
(c) To the happy hunting grounds.
(d) To hell.

5. What does Tommo notice about the insects in Typee?
(a) The ants make painful bites.
(b) The mosquitoes carry deadly diseases.
(c) Some walking sticks are almost as big as he is.
(d) There are no mosquitoes.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is Tommo's experience of the mineral spring water?

2. What does Kory-Kory tell Tommo about the ancient site?

3. Why do the girls have to leave when Tommo asks for a canoe?

4. Where is private property a Typee practice?

5. What rumor does Tommo hear when he is at the Ti?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does Tommo describe the Typees' feelings about war?

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

3. How does Tommo compare the Typees to white people?

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

5. Who is Moa Artua, and how is he treated?

6. What does Tommo say about the natives' fishing expedition?

7. Describe Typee marriage arrangements.

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

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

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

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