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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. Who does Livesey speak to in Chapter XXII?

2. Whose voice reveals that the stockade is controlled by the pirates at the end of Chapter XXVII?

3. What does Jim decide to search for in Chapter XXII?

4. Who appears at the stockade at the end of Chapter XVIII?

5. Who goes ashore with Hunter in Chapter XVI?

Short Essay Questions

1. What deal does Israel make with Jim in Chapter XXV?

2. Why do the pirates not notice that Jim cuts the anchor rope on the Hispaniola in Chapter XXIII?

3. Why is Ben sure the honest sailors are in the stockade in Chapter XIX?

4. Why do Livesey and Hunter go ashore in Chapter XVI?

5. Where do Jim and Israel sail the ship at the beginning of Chapter XXVI?

6. What does Jim ask Israel Hands to do in Chapter XXV?

7. Why is Jim unable to escape the Hispaniola at the end of Chapter XXIV?

8. Why is it useless for Jim to paddle to shore at the beginning of Chapter XXIV?

9. How does Silver announce himself to Smollett in Chapter XX?

10. What do the pirates’ voices on the Hispaniola in Chapter XIX suggest to Jim?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

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

Essay Topic 2

Define inference. Define implication. How are each used in literature? Compare and contrast the two terms and give an example of each from Treasure Island.

Essay Topic 3

Define point of view and identify the types of point of view. Use at least two examples from Treasure Island to identify the point of view used by Stevenson in the story.

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