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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is Mehevi's status among the Typees?

2. Describe the warrior's tattoos.

3. What does Tommo think is his and Toby's only chance for escape?

4. When Toby and the narrator see a native boy and girl, what are the native children carrying?

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

Short Essay Questions

1. Why would it be dangerous for Tommo to desert from his ship, and how does he plan to avoid the danger?

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

3. Describe the incident with the French and the English missionaries.

4. Describe the residents of the island of Nukuheva.

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

6. How does Tommo feel about his time on the Dolly?

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

8. What do Toby and Tommo discover when they make it to the mountain?

9. Describe the island of Nukuheva.

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

How does Tommo change or grow through the action of "Typee"? How is he a different person at the end of the book than he was at the beginning?

Essay Topic 2

Is Tommo's relationship with Fayaway a marriage? In what ways is it? In what ways is it not? Does Tommo consider himself married? Do you? Why?

Essay Topic 3

Write a review of "Typee". What did the book set out to do, how did it set out to do it, and did it fulfill the promises it laid out in the opening chapters? How would you characterize the essence of this book? Melville's personality? Melville's literary interests and talents?

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