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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. Where does Jim steer the Hispaniola in Chapter XXV?
(a) Out to sea
(b) The cave
(c) The southern end
(d) The north inlet

2. How many pirates are still alive at the beginning of Chapter XVIII?
(a) Ten
(b) Less than twenty
(c) Four
(d) Six

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

4. What time of day does Jim take the boat at the end of Chapter XXII?
(a) Noon
(b) As the sun begins to set
(c) When darkness falls
(d) Immediately

5. Why does Jim have trouble sailing at the beginning of Chapter XXIII?
(a) He has never sailed alone
(b) It steers unreliably
(c) The sail is tattered
(d) There is no wind

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What causes the men’s boat to founder in Chapter XVII?

3. What does Israel Hands ask Jim for in Chapter XXV?

4. What does Livesey discover on the island in Chapter XVI?

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

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. What does Jim discover when he reaches the stockade at the end of Chapter XXVII?

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

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

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

7. What does Silver throw down at the end of Chapter XXIX?

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

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

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

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