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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. In what name are the French claiming Nukuheva?

2. How many days food supply do the narrator and Toby have when they reach the mountain?

3. Who are the Happars?

4. What do the narrators hope to find if they follow the river at the bottom of the ravine?

5. Whom does Mehevi bring to Toby and Tommo?

Short Essay Questions

1. Describe the residents of the island of Nukuheva.

2. Describe Toby and Tommo's progress through the ravine.

3. What preparations do Toby and Tommo make, and what obstacles do they encounter when they escape?

4. What happens when ships come into the bay?

5. Describe the island of Nukuheva.

6. What communication do Toby and Tommo exchange with the natives?

7. What kind of routine does Tommo enter into with Kory-Kory?

8. Describe the incident with the French and the English missionaries.

9. What are the Ti and the Hoolah Hoolah grounds?

10. What happens when the Typees bring Toby back to their village after the noon-time siesta?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

What barriers do Tommo and the Typees put up between themselves to preserve the difference between each other's cultures? How does Tommo remain a white man? How does he become a native? How are the natives affected by Tommo's culture? How do they protect their culture from Tommo's influence?

Essay Topic 2

Cannibalism is a major threat in "Typee", but it is not much in evidence. Do the instances of supposed cannibalism live up to the threatening rhetoric about cannibalistic practices, or is cannibalism largely a red herring, an ultimately meaningless and unthreatening idea in the economy of the novel? How does the significance of cannibalism change throughout "Typee"?

Essay Topic 3

Is Tommo's relationship with Fayaway a marriage? In what ways is it? In what ways is it not? Does Tommo consider himself married? Do you? Why?

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