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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is the name of the tall pale man in Chapter II?
(a) Ishmael
(b) Black Dog
(c) Billy Bones
(d) Cookie

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

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

4. What is the name of the ship obtained for the journey to Treasure Island?
(a) The Endeavour
(b) The Galactica
(c) The Pequod
(d) The Hispaniola

5. Who cautions the old sailor in Chapter I?
(a) Trelawney
(b) Jim's mother
(c) Livesey
(d) Jim

6. What role does Mr. Arrow have on the ship?
(a) First Mate
(b) Captain
(c) Cook
(d) Swabbie

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

8. Who catches sight of Jim at the end of Chapter XIII?
(a) Trelawney
(b) Smollett
(c) Silver
(d) Tom

9. What does the old sailor use at the end of Chapter I to threaten someone?
(a) A sword
(b) His fists
(c) A knife
(d) A gun

10. What does Jim see in the distance at the end of Chapter XV?
(a) The Union Jack
(b) A second ship
(c) Silver
(d) A cavern

11. What is the old sailor warned about in Chapter I?
(a) Piracy
(b) Drinking
(c) Gambling
(d) Swearing

12. What does Billy want in exchange for some money at the beginning of Chapter III?
(a) A swig of rum
(b) A meat pie
(c) A shot of tequila
(d) Coffee

13. What plot does Jim learn about in Chapter XI?
(a) A practical joke that goes wrong
(b) An assassination
(c) A robbery
(d) A mutiny

14. Who accompanies Jim from his hometown to where Trelawney and Livesey are in Chapter VII?
(a) Tom
(b) Cookie
(c) His mother
(d) No one, as he goes alone

15. What happens to Billy at the end of Chapter II?
(a) He is stabbed
(b) He contracts tuberculosis
(c) He has a heart attack
(d) He has a stroke

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Jim look for when he searches through Billy’s clothing in Chapter IV?

2. Who kills Tom in Chapter XIV?

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

4. Where does Ben hide what he made, according to Chapter XV?

5. What does the narrator omit about the island as he begins his story?

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