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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. How is Tom killed in Chapter XIV?

2. What plot does Jim learn about in Chapter XI?

3. Whose scream is heard on the island in Chapter XIV?

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

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

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

5. Why is Billy unable to kill Black Dog in Chapter II?

6. How does Jim find out a ship and crew has been obtained at the beginning of Chapter VII?

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

8. Who does the tall pale man ask about in Chapter II? How does Jim recognize who the man is asking for?

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

10. What do Livesey and Trelawney reveal about the oilskin-wrapped papers from the sea chest?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Define implication. Define inference. Compare and contrast the two terms using specific examples from the story.

Essay Topic 2

Give a brief character biography of Silver. What is his role in the story? How does he grow and change as the story progresses, if at all? How does his story end in Treasure Island? Is this fitting for his character? Why or why not?

Essay Topic 3

Define conflict. Identify each type of conflict used in literature. Provide at least one example of each type of conflict found in the story of Treasure Island.

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