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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. 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

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

3. What is a hawser?
(a) A rope ladder
(b) An anchor rope
(c) A rudder
(d) A barnacle

4. Who appears at the stockade at the end of Chapter XVIII?
(a) Trelawney
(b) Silver
(c) Jim
(d) Livesey

5. What does Jim hear at the end of Chapter XXIV?
(a) A brawl
(b) The coracle being destroyed by the Hispaniola
(c) Drunken singing
(d) Cannon fire

6. What role does Silver want Jim to play in XXVIII?
(a) Silver's assistant
(b) Leader of the mutineers
(c) A hostage
(d) A mutineer

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

8. Who does Jim see on deck of the Hispaniola at the beginning of Chapter XV?
(a) Tom
(b) Trelawney
(c) No one
(d) Silver

9. Who does Livesey speak to in Chapter XXII?
(a) Smollett
(b) Ben
(c) Livesey
(d) Jim

10. What does Jim throw overboard in Chapter XXV?
(a) The brandy
(b) His journal
(c) The Jolly Roger
(d) Israel Hands

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

12. Who goes walking in the trees in Chapter XXII?
(a) Livesey
(b) Jim
(c) Ben
(d) Smollett

13. What does Silver want from Smollett in Chapter XX?
(a) The map
(b) A pardon for mutiny
(c) The Hispaniola
(d) Jim

14. Who was once Flint’s gunman, according to Chapter XVII?
(a) Abraham
(b) Israel
(c) Ben
(d) Silver

15. Where is the focus of cannon fire from the pirates in Chapter XVIII?
(a) The hull of the boat
(b) The Union Jack
(c) The stockade door
(d) Smollett

Short Answer Questions

1. Who is angry with Jim, according to Silver in Chapter XVIII?

2. How many pirates are still alive at the beginning of Chapter XVIII?

3. Who does Jim remind Silver of, according to Chapter XVIII?

4. Who does Israel say is unable to help navigate, according to Chapter XXV?

5. Where are the honest sailors trapped in Chapter XVIII?

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