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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What causes the men’s boat to founder in Chapter XVII?
(a) A cannonball
(b) A rock
(c) A collision with another boat
(d) The surf

2. What plan does Jim hatch in Chapter XXIV?
(a) To return home unharmed
(b) To kill Silver
(c) To find the treasure for himself
(d) To overtake and board the Hispaniola

3. Why is the boat at the beginning of Chapter XVII hard to maneuver?
(a) It is overloaded
(b) It has no rudder
(c) There are only two oars
(d) There is no wind for the sail

4. Who joins the honest sailors at the end of Chapter XVI?
(a) Silver
(b) Abraham
(c) Smollett
(d) Tom

5. What book of the Bible does Jim read from at the end of Chapter XXIX?
(a) Job
(b) Exodus
(c) Proverbs
(d) Revelation

6. Why does Jim have trouble sailing at the beginning of Chapter XXIII?
(a) He has never sailed alone
(b) The sail is tattered
(c) There is no wind
(d) It steers unreliably

7. What does Jim realize about the sound he hears at the end of Chapter XXIV?
(a) He can remove the pirates from the ship
(b) The honest sailors and pirates are fighting again
(c) It means he has no escape from the Hispaniola
(d) He is in danger

8. What accusation does Livesey make about Jim in Chapter XXX?
(a) That he is the leader of the mutineers
(b) That he planned the mutiny for Silver
(c) That he is cowardly
(d) That he is a mutineer

9. What does Silver throw down as a gesture in Chapter XXIX?
(a) His spyglass
(b) His black spot
(c) His jacket
(d) The treasure map

10. Who is angry with Jim, according to Silver in Chapter XVIII?
(a) Smollett
(b) Livesey
(c) Trelawney
(d) The entire crew of the Hispaniola

11. How does Jim get ashore in Chapter XXVII?
(a) He swims
(b) He doesn't
(c) He docks the ship
(d) He takes the coracle

12. Whose scream does Jim hear in Chapter XXII?
(a) Cap'n Flint's
(b) Ben's
(c) Silver's
(d) Tom's

13. Who created the item Livesey discovers in Chapter XVI?
(a) Flint himself
(b) Flint’s men
(c) The mutineers
(d) Ben Gunn

14. What does Livesey discover on the island in Chapter XVI?
(a) A cemetery
(b) The stockade
(c) The treasure
(d) A damaged ship

15. Which of the following is NOT part of the deal Jim makes in Chapter XXV?
(a) Medical help
(b) Food
(c) Drink
(d) Amnesty

Short Answer Questions

1. Who is the narrator at the beginning of Chapter XIX?

2. Why does Jim refuse to run from the pirates in Chapter XXX?

3. Where does Jim steer the Hispaniola in Chapter XXV?

4. What time of day does Jim take the boat at the end of Chapter XXII?

5. Who asks for Tom’s forgiveness in Chapter XVIII?

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