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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 tell Tommo about the ancient site?

2. Where was Captain Cook supposed to have been cannibalized?

3. How does Tommo describe the sound made by the young women's instruments?

4. What does Marnoo know about Toby's fate?

5. How do the women dress for the feast?

Short Essay Questions

1. How is the men's company different from the women's company for Tommo?

2. Describe Tommo's relationship with the women of Typee.

3. Describe the mausoleum Tommo sees.

4. How do the Typees harvest coconuts, in Tommo's account?

5. What sight disturbs Tommo?

6. What does Tommo say about the native practice of tattooing?

7. What does Tommo say about the Typees as swimmers?

8. What does Tommo say about relations between Typee husbands and wives?

9. Describe Typee marriage arrangements.

10. Describe a typical day for Tommo.

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

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 3

After arranging his escape, Tommo is largely passive, ostensibly because of his leg, but possibly because of his personality. In what ways does Tommo act, and how do his actions change over the course of the book? E.g. in the beginning of the book, he is plotting to escape from the ship, in the end he is plotting to escape from Typee. How are these actions similar or different?

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