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

2. When Toby and the narrator see a native boy and girl, what are the native children carrying?
(a) An infant.
(b) Bananas.
(c) Breadfruit.
(d) A basket filled with seashells.

3. Where do Toby and the narrator follow the children to?
(a) A village.
(b) A native shelter.
(c) The beach.
(d) The cliffs.

4. What do the French threaten after Nukuheva?
(a) A native church.
(b) An English missionary's house.
(c) A group of runaways.
(d) An American merchant settlement.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What are the narrator and Toby stopped by when they desert?

2. What do the narrator and Toby find on the mountain?

3. Who are the Typees?

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

5. Who or what approaches the Dolly when it reaches Nukuheva?

Short Essay Questions

1. Describe Tommo's companion Toby.

2. What is Tommo's situation at the beginning of "Typee"?

3. What plans do Toby and Tommo make for escape?

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

5. What signs of native activity do Toby and Tommo see, and how do they ultimately meet the natives?

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

7. Describe the French efforts to take over the harbor of Nukuheva.

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

9. What happens when ships come into the bay?

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

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