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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 plot does Jim learn about in Chapter XI?
(a) A practical joke that goes wrong
(b) A mutiny
(c) An assassination
(d) A robbery

2. What does Jim take from Billy’s sea chest?
(a) Papers wrapped in oilcloth
(b) A photograph
(c) Money that was owed in rent
(d) The wooden box

3. Who is the narrator of Treasure Island?
(a) Jim
(b) Squire Trelawney
(c) The narrator is not named
(d) Dr. Livesey

4. Who does Jim see leave the tavern when he meets up with the ship’s cook?
(a) Long John Silver
(b) Billy Bones
(c) Black Dog
(d) Pew

5. What does Billy want in exchange for some money at the beginning of Chapter III?
(a) A shot of tequila
(b) Coffee
(c) A swig of rum
(d) A meat pie

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Jim look for when he searches through Billy’s clothing in Chapter IV?

2. Who is the author of Treasure Island?

3. What happened to the men who helped Flint bury his treasure, according to Chapter XV?

4. Who leads the sailors ashore in Chapter XIII?

5. Where was the ship obtained for the journey to Treasure Island?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. What does Jim learn about the crew in Chapter XI?

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

10. How does Silver feel about Black Dog and Pew?

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