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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who sent a letter to Livesey to let him know the ship and crew were obtained, according to Chapter VII?
(a) Trelawney
(b) Jim
(c) A courier
(d) The ship's captain

2. How many men helped Flint bury his treasure on the island, according to Chapter XV?
(a) 7
(b) 2
(c) 6
(d) 12

3. Who agrees to help Billy in Chapter IV when Jim goes to get help?
(a) Trelawney
(b) A crew of sailors
(c) No one
(d) Livesey

4. What does Jim look for when he searches through Billy’s clothing in Chapter IV?
(a) Any indication of next of kin
(b) A key to the sea chest
(c) A cause of death
(d) The money Billy owed in rent

5. Who is the author of Treasure Island?
(a) Robert Louis Stevenson
(b) Walt Whitman
(c) Oscar Wilde
(d) Jules Verne

6. What is the name of the old sailor, as revealed in Chapter II?
(a) Cookie
(b) Bluebeard
(c) Billy Bones
(d) Jack Sparrow

7. What does Jim take from Billy’s sea chest?
(a) The wooden box
(b) Money that was owed in rent
(c) Papers wrapped in oilcloth
(d) A photograph

8. Who or what is Admiral Benbow?
(a) A restaurant owned by Squire Trelawney
(b) The pirate who gives Jim the treasure map
(c) An inn owned by Jim’s father
(d) The captain of the ship that takes the narrator to the island

9. What is the name of the man stranded on the island?
(a) Ben Gunn
(b) Cookie
(c) Tom Redruth
(d) He has no name

10. Why is the crew irritable at the beginning of Chapter XIII?
(a) They suspect there is no treasure
(b) They are hungry
(c) They think Jim is a spy
(d) Because of the heat

11. Who is Cap’n Flint?
(a) Mr. Arrow's cat
(b) Silver's parrot
(c) The nickname of the ship
(d) The ship's captain

12. Where was the ship obtained for the journey to Treasure Island?
(a) Belfast
(b) Bristol
(c) Edinburgh
(d) Wales

13. What is the name of the blind man, as revealed in Chapter V?
(a) Cookie
(b) Black Dog
(c) Billy Bones
(d) Pew

14. Who does Jim want to discuss the papers with, according to Chapter V?
(a) Linde
(b) Trelawney
(c) Livesey
(d) His mother

15. How long has a man been stranded on the island?
(a) Ten years
(b) More than six months
(c) Three years
(d) Since childhood

Short Answer Questions

1. What does the old sailor use at the end of Chapter I to threaten someone?

2. Who accompanies Jim from his hometown to where Trelawney and Livesey are in Chapter VII?

3. What is the old sailor warned about in Chapter I?

4. Who is pleased about the ship’s new cook, according to the end of Chapter VIII?

5. Who does Jim hear talking with crew members about old adventures with Captain Flint?

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