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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 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.

2. What does Tommo find is in short supply on the island?
(a) Breadfruit.
(b) Wild boar.
(c) Salt.
(d) Gold.

3. What does Tommo say is women's work?
(a) Bathing and frolicking.
(b) Light occupations.
(c) Warfare.
(d) Harvesting breadfruit.

4. What is Tommo surprised not to find on the island?
(a) Sharks.
(b) Songbirds.
(c) Crocodiles.
(d) Snakes.

5. What is a synonym for taboo?
(a) Special.
(b) Forbidden.
(c) Exceptional.
(d) Unique.

Short Answer Questions

1. What technical knowledge of Tommo's do the Typees express interest in?

2. What does Tommo see when he comes back from the Ti one day?

3. How old is Marnoo?

4. What does Tommo try to engage in with the natives?

5. When the Typees prepare for their feast, what do they make their pyramid out of?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. How do the Typees harvest coconuts, in Tommo's account?

4. How does Tommo describe the difference between men's work and women's work?

5. Who is Marnoo, and what is his interaction with Tommo?

6. Describe the practice of taboos among the Typees.

7. What does Tommo describe of the natives' cosmetics?

8. Describe the mausoleum Tommo sees.

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

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

(see the answer keys)

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