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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. What is the name of the officer in Chapter V that speaks with Jim?

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

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

4. What does the narrator omit about the island as he begins his story?

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

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

4. How does the old sailor terrorize the customers at the inn in Chapter I?

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

6. What happens when Jim sneaks aboard a boat going ashore in Chapter XIII?

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

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

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

10. How does Silver refer to pirates in Chapter XI?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Define characterization. What are the two types of characterization? Provide at least two specific examples of each type of characterization found in Treasure Island.

Essay Topic 2

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.

Essay Topic 3

Define irony. Identify each type of literary irony. Provide at least one example of each type of irony from Treasure Island.

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