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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 Kory-Kory do for Tommo?

2. What has the narrator heard about the Happars?

3. Who are the Happars?

4. What do the natives bring to the Dolly?

5. Who or what approaches the Dolly when it reaches Nukuheva?

Short Essay Questions

1. Describe the French efforts to take over the harbor of Nukuheva.

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

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

4. What happens to Tommo's health as he and Toby make their way around in the mountains?

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

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

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

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

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

10. Describe Toby and Tommo's escape from the ship.

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

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?

Essay Topic 2

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?

Essay Topic 3

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?

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