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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 happens to the people the French threaten?

2. What does Kory-Kory do for Tommo?

3. In what name are the French claiming Nukuheva?

4. Who causes a scene when they arrive on the narrator's ship?

5. What do the French put ashore at the beginning of Chapter 3?

Short Essay Questions

1. What happens when ships come into the bay?

2. Describe Fayaway's appearance.

3. What is Kory-Kory's relationship with Tommo like?

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

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

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

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

8. What is Tommo's situation at the beginning of "Typee"?

9. What do Toby and Tommo discover when they make it to the mountain?

10. Why would it be dangerous for Tommo to desert from his ship, and how does he plan to avoid the danger?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

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 2

What is the function of technology in "Typee"? What does it mean to Tommo, and what does it mean to the Typees? Tommo admires the Typees' technology-free lifestyle, but he does not particularly benefit by western technology, or medical knowledge. How do the Typees relate to technology? What about their ancient predecessors, who made the Stonehenge-like structures? Does the significance of technology change over the course of the novel?

Essay Topic 3

Tommo's leg is swollen and a hindrance almost from the start of his narrative. What effect does this injury/illness have on Tommo's experience, what influence does it have on the novel and what does the illness/injury represent as a metaphor or symbol in the symbolic economy of the novel? Is it contrasted with instances of vitality and freedom of movement? Is injury or illness particular to Tommo as a white person?

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