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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 drink does Israel ask Jim for in Chapter XXVI?

2. Who asks to speak to Jim alone in Chapter XXX?

3. Who tends to the mutineers every day, according to Chapter XXIX?

4. What type of boat does Jim find in Chapter XXII?

5. What does Jim realize about the sound he hears at the end of Chapter XXIV?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. Who wants to throw the dead pirate overboard in Chapter XXVI?

3. What does Silver say Jim reminds him of in Chapter XXVIII?

4. Why does Jim take the coracle to the Hispaniola in Chapter XXIII?

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

6. What is the outcome of the fight between the honest sailors and the pirates in Chapter XXI?

7. Why do the sailors say Tom has nothing to fear in the afterlife?

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

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

10. Why is the boat hard to maneuver in Chapter XVII?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

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 2

Define genre. What is the genre of Treasure Island? Identify the major characteristics of the story that place it in this particular genre.

Essay Topic 3

Explain perspective. How is it used in literature? How is it identified? What perspective is used in Treasure Island? Does it change? How? Is this effective? Why or why not?

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