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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. What does Mehevi want information about from Toby and Tommo?

2. How high is the waterfall Toby and the narrator encounter?

3. How long has it been since the narrator saw land, when the book opens?

4. Describe the interior of Nukuheva.

5. How comfortable is the hut the sailors build?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. What do Toby and Tommo do when they can no longer descend the cliff by using vines and foot holds?

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

4. Describe the island of Nukuheva.

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

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

7. Describe Tommo's companion Toby.

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

9. What signs of native activity do Toby and Tommo see, and how do they ultimately meet the natives?

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

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

How does the idea of the taboo apply to "Typee"? What characters or things are taboo, and what does the taboo mean in each case? Are taboos violated? Are exceptions made? What is Tommo's relationship with the Typee taboos? Is he initiated into any of them or is he kept apart from them?

Essay Topic 3

Does Tommo's escape from Typee signify a repudiation of the beauty and harmony he found there? Does he seem to retain some vestige of the Typee lifestyle and values when he returns to life aboard European ships? Does Tommo find that the two lifestyles are ultimately incompatible, or can they be combined or reconciled?

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