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

2. What course of action does Toby urge for himself and Tommo?

3. How does the narrator describe Toby?

4. Where do the Typees live?

5. Since what year had the island of Nukuheva been known to the Americans, at the outset of the book?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. Who comes to see the sailors on their first morning in the Typee village?

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

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

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

6. Describe Fayaway's appearance.

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

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

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

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

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

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?

Essay Topic 3

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"?

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