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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 18, 19 and 20, pp. 191-224.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What did the French Admiral demand when he reached his next destination after Nukuheva?
(a) Safe haven for his crew.
(b) Money and treasure.
(c) Liberty for the natives.
(d) Repairs for his ship.

2. What do Toby and the narrator eat at the celebration?
(a) Porridge.
(b) Poee-poee.
(c) Roast boar.
(d) Human flesh.

3. Why do the girls have to leave when Tommo asks for a canoe?
(a) The canoe belongs to a powerful chief and they would be insulting him to get in it without him.
(b) The canoe is taboo.
(c) They do not want to be seen in the canoe.
(d) They cannot swim.

4. What do the narrators hope to find if they follow the river at the bottom of the ravine?
(a) Weapons for hunting.
(b) A valley with fruit.
(c) Friendly natives.
(d) Their shipmates.

5. What happens to the people the French threaten?
(a) They refuse to take down the English flag.
(b) They are arrested by the French.
(c) They respond with gunfire.
(d) They submit to the French.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Marnoo describe to Tommo and the others?

2. What are the ravine's sides covered with, that make it dangerous going down and up?

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

4. How many days food supply do the narrator and Toby have when they reach the mountain?

5. What does the narrator try to conceal from Toby?

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