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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. Who asks to speak to Jim alone in Chapter XXX?
(a) Livesey
(b) Trelawney
(c) Silver
(d) Smollett

2. How much more food than needed is prepared at the beginning of Chapter XXXI?
(a) Three times what is needed
(b) Twice what is needed
(c) None; there is not enough food for everyone
(d) At least five times what is needed

3. Who does Silver blame for the failure of the mission, according to Chapter XXIX?
(a) Smollett
(b) Jim
(c) Flint
(d) The mutineers

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

5. How does Jim get ashore in Chapter XXVII?
(a) He swims
(b) He takes the coracle
(c) He docks the ship
(d) He doesn't

Short Answer Questions

1. When does Chapter XXX begin in relation to Chapter XXIX?

2. What shows Jim where the stockade is in Chapter XXVII?

3. Who does Jim remind Silver of, according to Chapter XVIII?

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

5. How is Tom fatally wounded in Chapter XVIII?

Short Essay Questions

1. What is the black spot Silver receives in Chapter XXIX, and what is it made from?

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

10. Why does Livesey go walking in the woods in Chapter XXII?

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