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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. What food was Jim hungry for at the end of Chapter X?
(a) Apples
(b) Meat
(c) Potatoes
(d) Bread

2. Where does Jim go to get help for Billy in Chapter IV?
(a) A neighboring village
(b) The hospital
(c) The local restaurant
(d) Dr. Livesey’s home

3. What happened to the men who helped Flint bury his treasure, according to Chapter XV?
(a) They ran from Flint
(b) Flint killed them
(c) They were arrested for piracy
(d) They were left for dead on the island

4. Who does Jim hear talking with crew members about old adventures with Captain Flint?
(a) Mr. Arrow
(b) Livesey
(c) Silver
(d) Smollett

5. Who does the old sailor threaten at the end of Chapter I?
(a) Livesey
(b) Jim's father
(c) Jim
(d) Trelawney

Short Answer Questions

1. Who does Trelawney compare Flint to in Chapter VI?

2. What does Flint’s log track, according to Chapter VI?

3. Where do Jim and his mother hide at the end of Chapter IV?

4. Who accompanies Jim from his hometown to where Trelawney and Livesey are in Chapter VII?

5. Who advises Smollett of where to anchor the ship at the island?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why is Jim offended when Billy asks for rum in Chapter III?

2. What do Jim and his mother find in Billy’s sea chest in Chapter IV?

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

4. Why is the crew irritable when they approach the island in Chapter XIII?

5. What does Dr. Livesey think might happen if the men go ashore in Chapter XIII?

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

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

8. How did Ben come to be on the island, according to Chapter XV?

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

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

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