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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 accusation does Livesey make about Jim in Chapter XXX?
(a) That he is the leader of the mutineers
(b) That he is cowardly
(c) That he is a mutineer
(d) That he planned the mutiny for Silver

2. What does Jim head toward on the island in Chapter XXVII?
(a) The treasure
(b) Ben's shelter
(c) The stockade
(d) The pirate camp

3. Who created the item Livesey discovers in Chapter XVI?
(a) The mutineers
(b) Flint himself
(c) Ben Gunn
(d) Flint’s men

4. What does Jim decide to search for in Chapter XXII?
(a) Silver
(b) The treasure
(c) An escape route
(d) Ben's boat

5. Who goes ashore with Hunter in Chapter XVI?
(a) Smollett
(b) Livesey
(c) Trelawney
(d) Jim

Short Answer Questions

1. Who wants a truce in Chapter XX?

2. What does Jim want Israel Hands to consider him, according to Chapter XXV?

3. What does Jim hear at the end of Chapter XXIV?

4. What does Silver want from Smollett in Chapter XX?

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

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. What conclusion does Jim make about the crew of the Hispaniola when he sees it drifting in Chapter XXIV?

4. Why does Silver allow Livesey and Jim to speak privately in Chapter XXX?

5. What warning does Livesey give Silver at the end of Chapter XXX?

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

7. What happens when Jim relaxes his guard in Chapter XXVI?

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

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

10. What does Silver tell Jim about Dr. Livesey in Chapter XXVIII?

(see the answer keys)

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