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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 a synonym for taboo?
(a) Exceptional.
(b) Special.
(c) Forbidden.
(d) Unique.

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

3. What does Tommo compare to the Typees' cannibalism?
(a) White men's tortures.
(b) White men's warfare.
(c) White men's religion.
(d) White men's diseases.

4. What kind of coconuts do the natives prefer?
(a) Overripe ones that have started to ferment.
(b) Green ones before they fall from the tree.
(c) Ripe ones that have just fallen to the ground.
(d) Sweet ones that have been on the ground for a few days.

5. Where was Captain Cook supposed to have been cannibalized?
(a) Nukuheva.
(b) Typee Bay.
(c) The Sandwich Islands.
(d) The Marquesas.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who is Moa Artua?

2. What does Tommo say the natives do before going to sleep?

3. What do children use to climb coconut trees?

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

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

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

5. Describe the harmonious aspects of Typee life Tommo notices.

6. What kinds of animal life does Tommo find on the island with the Typees?

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

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

9. Describe the mausoleum Tommo sees.

10. What sight disturbs Tommo?

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