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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 think about human sacrifices before the feast?
(a) He thinks it is a way to take power from an enemy.
(b) He thinks it is necessary to the harmony of the cosmos.
(c) He thinks it is a grave religious ritual.
(d) He thinks it is an exaggeration from sailors.

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

3. What does Tommo figure out about Marnoo?
(a) That he is taboo.
(b) That he was once exiled from the Typees.
(c) That he was raised by the Happars.
(d) That he has been to France.

4. What surprises Tommo about the birds and lizards in Typee?
(a) They are enormous.
(b) They are man-eaters.
(c) They are so brightly colored.
(d) They are not afraid of humans.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What is it taboo for Tommo to touch?

2. What do children use to climb coconut trees?

3. What do the natives keep asking Tommo to do?

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

5. How does Tommo describe the sound made by the young women's instruments?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

4. Describe the Stonehenge-like site Tommo sees.

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

6. Describe the practice of taboos among the Typees.

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

8. Describe the mausoleum Tommo sees.

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

10. How does Tommo entertain the Typee children?

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