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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How does Tommo get around the Typee village?
(a) He walks.
(b) He is carried on a litter.
(c) He is restricted and does not see much of the village.
(d) Kory-Kory carries him.

2. Describe the interior of Nukuheva.
(a) A swamp.
(b) An arid plain.
(c) Mountainous.
(d) A large lake.

3. What danger will the narrator know he will confront before he abandons his ship?
(a) The savages will hunt him and sell him into slavery.
(b) The French will try to hunt him down.
(c) The renegades and deserters on the island will torture him before they admit him into their group.
(d) The captain will bribe the natives to search for him.

4. What does Toby tell Tommo about the natives?
(a) That they are fickle.
(b) That they are afraid of them.
(c) That they are trustworthy.
(d) That they are loyal.

5. Who are the Happars?
(a) Friends of the Nukuheva.
(b) Friends of the Typees.
(c) Friends of the Americans.
(d) Friends of the English.

Short Answer Questions

1. Describe the ravine the sailors follow.

2. How does Toby end up unconscious?

3. How do Toby and the narrator descend the second waterfall?

4. How does Toby plan to help Tommo?

5. What do Fayaway and Tinor wear as decorations?

Short Essay Questions

1. Describe the island of Nukuheva.

2. Who comes to see the sailors on their first morning in the Typee village?

3. What is Kory-Kory's relationship with Tommo like?

4. Describe Tommo's companion Toby.

5. Toby and Tommo follow a footpath. Where does it lead them, and how do they proceed?

6. What happens when the Typees bring Toby back to their village after the noon-time siesta?

7. Describe Toby and Tommo's progress through the ravine.

8. What is life like on the whaling ship for Tommo?

9. Describe Toby and Tommo's escape from the ship.

10. What does Tommo see as his ship comes into Nukuheva bay?

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