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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 33, and 34, pp. 350- 372.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What does Tommo think about Marheyo when he sees him working on his hut?
(a) That if he dies, Tommo will not be safe.
(b) That he is sympathetic with his situation.
(c) That he is hostile to Tommo.
(d) That he is about to die.

3. How does Tommo describe the activity before sleep?
(a) It is quiet and meditative.
(b) It is a low monotonous chant with slow tapping of sticks.
(c) It is fierce and aggressive.
(d) It is at first quite lively but then slows to a quiet mood.

4. Who are Toby and Tommo surrounded by when they wake up in the Typee village?
(a) Young men.
(b) Old men.
(c) Young girls.
(d) Old women.

5. What are pi-pis used for?
(a) Drying salted fish.
(b) Sacred rituals.
(c) Mashing breadfruit.
(d) Foundations for houses.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Tommo notice about building practices?

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

3. To whom does Tommo compare the appearance of the Typees favorably?

4. Who is Moa Artua?

5. What does Mow-Mow do when Tommo gets in the boat?

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