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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 believe are in the packages the Typees bring back with them after a skirmish with the Happars?
(a) Happar bodies.
(b) Trophies.
(c) Happar wives.
(d) Captive Happar warriors.

2. How is the fish catch divided among the Typees?
(a) The fish are divided into portions for everyone.
(b) The people keep the fish they catch.
(c) The catch is divided according to who has put in the most work fishing.
(d) People keep their own catch, but give a percentage to the elderly and poor.

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

4. According to Marnoo, what do the French feel about coming to Typee bay?
(a) They anticipate good trade.
(b) They are aggressive.
(c) They will be glad to restock their ships.
(d) They are afraid.

5. On whom does Tommo say the Typees practice cannibalism?
(a) Adulterers.
(b) Wayward youth.
(c) Europeans.
(d) Enemies killed in battle.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Marnoo describe to Tommo and the others?

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

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

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

5. What does Tommo say is the Typees' one outlet for aggression?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. How does Tommo entertain the Typee children?

4. What does Tommo say about the natives' musical arts?

5. Describe the practice of taboos among the Typees.

6. Describe the mausoleum Tommo sees.

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

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

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

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

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