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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 does Tommo notice about building practices?
(a) Houses can be built in a day with communal labor.
(b) Houses are permanent structures passed in the family.
(c) Houses are moved continuously because they wear out so quickly.
(d) Houses are long communal dwellings that are not owned.

2. What does Tommo say is the Typees' one outlet for aggression?
(a) Warfare with the Europeans.
(b) Cannibalism.
(c) Execution of criminals.
(d) Warfare with the Happars.

3. Taboos make people off-limits from others and what else?
(a) Miserable but wise.
(b) Protected.
(c) Condemned to be eaten.
(d) Free to travel widely.

4. Where is private property a Typee practice?
(a) In personal possessions.
(b) In real estate.
(c) In spouses.
(d) In goods that come from the ocean.

5. What instrument do the young women play?
(a) Small drums.
(b) A nasal flute.
(c) Tambourines.
(d) Stringed instruments like violins.

Short Answer Questions

1. What about the appearance of the Typees does Tommo notice most?

2. What surprises Tommo about the birds and lizards in Typee?

3. What does Tommo figure out about Marnoo?

4. Whom does Tommo ask Mehevi to take on the canoe?

5. What do children use to climb coconut trees?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Tommo say about the natives' fishing expedition?

2. Describe Tommo's relationship with the women of Typee.

3. Describe Typee marriage arrangements.

4. Who is Moa Artua, and how is he treated?

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

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

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

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

9. What does Tommo say about the natives' musical arts?

10. What happens after the second skirmish with the Happars?

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