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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. How much experience of white men have the natives had?

2. What are the ravine's sides covered with, that make it dangerous going down and up?

3. What do the narrator and Toby follow to the cliff?

4. When Toby and the narrator see a native boy and girl, what are the native children carrying?

5. Who are the Happars?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Tommo see as his ship comes into Nukuheva bay?

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

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

4. What plans do Toby and Tommo make for escape?

5. What signs of civilization do Toby and Tommo see from the mountains?

6. Toby and Tommo follow a footpath. Where does it lead them, and how do they proceed?

7. What is life like on the whaling ship for Tommo?

8. Describe Fayaway's appearance.

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

10. How does Tommo feel about his time on the Dolly?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

What is the symbolic landscape of Nukuheva? What associations and symbolic meanings resonate in each of the settings: the seashore, the mountains, the ravines, the village, the sacred grounds? Describe Toby and Tommo's movement through the various landscapes in symbolic or allegorical terms.

Essay Topic 2

What is the significance of fruit trees to Toby and Tommo? How is easily harvested fruit a change from what they have experienced? How is the idea of "fruit ripe for the picking" played out in the novel? How is it different from what Toby and Tommo ultimately find? What happens to their image of an easy life as their adventure proceeds?

Essay Topic 3

In what ways do the Typees live up to Tommo's original ideas about them? In what ways are they different from his early impressions? What conclusions does he ultimately draw about them? What changes his original ideas, if his original ideas change?

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