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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 7, and 8, pp. 58-82.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What do the narrator and Toby follow to the cliff?
(a) A footpath.
(b) A road.
(c) The sound of drums.
(d) A river.

2. What event precipitates the narrator's ship heading to land?
(a) The last chicken was killed which the captain ate.
(b) The sailors mutinied.
(c) The ship sprung a leak.
(d) The ship was badly damaged in a storm.

3. What has the narrator heard about the Happars?
(a) That they are friendly.
(b) That they are cannibals.
(c) That they will return them to the ship.
(d) That they are a powerful tribe.

4. How many days food supply do the narrator and Toby have when they reach the mountain?
(a) Six.
(b) Five.
(c) Three.
(d) Four.

5. What is the narrator's name in "Typee"?
(a) Tommo.
(b) Melville.
(c) Toby.
(d) Kory-Kory.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where did the French Admiral sail for after Nukuheva?

2. How long does the narrator expect the whaling voyage could last if he had stayed aboard?

3. What danger will the narrator know he will confront before he abandons his ship?

4. According to the narrator, what do sea birds signal?

5. Toward what land does the ship steer?

(see the answer key)

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