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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay 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) A courier
(b) The ship's captain
(c) Trelawney
(d) Jim

2. How is Tom killed in Chapter XIV?
(a) With a pistol
(b) With a knife
(c) With a sword
(d) With a shotgun

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

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What role does Mr. Arrow have on the ship?

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

3. What is the name of the sailor who helped Trelawney get the crew?

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

5. Who stows away to go ashore with the sailors in Chapter XIII?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Jim learn about the crew in Chapter XI?

2. What happens to Jim’s mother when they leave the inn during Chapter IV?

3. What does Livesey warn Billy against at the end of Chapter II? Why?

4. Explain the difference between Smollett’s map and the map Jim took from Billy’s sea chest.

5. Why do none of the villagers want to help Jim in Chapter IV?

6. According to Chapter I, how does the story of Treasure Island come to be written?

7. How does Silver feel about Black Dog and Pew?

8. What does Jim do after the exchange between Silver and Tom in Chapter XIV?

9. What happens between Silver and Tom in Chapter XIV?

10. What plan do Livesey and Trelawney make at the end of Chapter VI?

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