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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How is the old sailor recognizable, according to the tall pale man in Chapter II?
(a) A missing ear
(b) A hook in place of one hand
(c) A scar on one cheek
(d) A missing leg

2. Who replaces the sailor who disappears mysteriously in Chapter X?
(a) Smollett
(b) Job
(c) Mr. Arrow
(d) Silver

3. Who does Trelawney compare Flint to in Chapter VI?
(a) Sparrow
(b) Blackbeard
(c) Bluebeard
(d) Ahab

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

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

6. Where do Jim and his mother hide at the end of Chapter IV?
(a) In the attic of the inn
(b) Under a bridge
(c) In an alley
(d) In a stable

7. Who kills Tom in Chapter XIV?
(a) One of the mutinous sailors
(b) Jim
(c) Alan
(d) Silver

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

9. How is Pew killed?
(a) He is stabbed
(b) A pistol shot
(c) He is trampled
(d) He is hanged

10. Who advises Smollett of where to anchor the ship at the island?
(a) Silver
(b) Jim
(c) Tom
(d) Trelawney

11. Who leads the sailors ashore in Chapter XIII?
(a) Trelawney
(b) Jim
(c) Smollett
(d) Silver

12. Who disappears mysteriously one night early in the voyage, according to Chapter X?
(a) Mr. Arrow
(b) Silver
(c) Mr. Smollett
(d) Jim

13. What is missing from Smollett’s map of the island?
(a) A name of the island
(b) The “X” marking the treasure’s location
(c) Identifying landmarks
(d) Nothing; it is an exact copy

14. Who does Jim see leave the tavern when he meets up with the ship’s cook?
(a) Black Dog
(b) Billy Bones
(c) Pew
(d) Long John Silver

15. What will Jim’s role be on the journey to the island?
(a) Second Mate
(b) Cook
(c) Cabin boy
(d) Navigator

Short Answer Questions

1. Where does Chapter VI take place?

2. Who knows the island well, according to Chapter XII?

3. What is the name of the tall pale man in Chapter II?

4. Who has a bad feeling about the voyage, according to Chapter IX?

5. Where does Jim go to get help for Billy in Chapter IV?

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