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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 Tommo see when he comes back from the Ti one day?

2. How does Tommo describe the Typees' lifestyle?

3. What does Tommo compare to the Typees' cannibalism?

4. How does Tommo dress for the feast?

5. How is scented coconut oil made?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. Describe Typee marriage arrangements.

3. Who is Moa Artua, and how is he treated?

4. Describe the mausoleum Tommo sees.

5. What does Tommo say about the Typees' different foods?

6. What does Tommo say about the natives' musical arts?

7. What does Tommo say about the natives' fishing expedition?

8. Describe the preparations for the feast of the calabashes.

9. Describe the Stonehenge-like site Tommo sees.

10. How does Tommo's leg affect his relationship with the natives?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

How does Tommo change or grow through the action of "Typee"? How is he a different person at the end of the book than he was at the beginning?

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

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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