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

2. What does Marnoo say that shocks Tommo?
(a) Hello in English.
(b) That he will help him escape.
(c) That he is going to eat him.
(d) That the Americans are looking for him.

3. What is it taboo for Tommo to touch?
(a) Hunting implements.
(b) Tappa cloth.
(c) Tattooing materials.
(d) Certain feathers.

4. What is the benefit of the low reproductive rates of the Typees?
(a) They do not overtax their food supply.
(b) They cannot afford destructive warfare.
(c) They can keep the most fit children.
(d) They pass down property without dividing it.

5. Where are there other similar Stonehenge-like sites?
(a) By the coast where people used to trade.
(b) Near burial grounds.
(c) In the heart of the ancient cities.
(d) Near old battlefields.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Kolory carry?

2. What does Karky want to do to Tommo?

3. What did the natives do to the captain who shot birds in the Bay of Tior, in Tommo's recollection?

4. What do children use to climb coconut trees?

5. What animals is Tommo surprised to find in Typee?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Tommo say about the Typees' different foods?

2. Describe the harmonious aspects of Typee life Tommo notices.

3. What kinds of animal life does Tommo find on the island with the Typees?

4. What does Tommo say about the Typees as swimmers?

5. Describe a typical day for Tommo.

6. What does Tommo say about relations between Typee husbands and wives?

7. Describe the preparations for the feast of the calabashes.

8. How does Tommo compare the Typees to white people?

9. Describe the Stonehenge-like site Tommo sees.

10. How does Tommo's leg affect his relationship with the natives?

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