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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. Who goes walking in the trees in Chapter XXII?

2. What does Jim dream about at the end of Chapter XXIII?

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

4. Where did the item handed to Silver at the beginning of Chapter XXIX come from?

5. Whose voice reveals that the stockade is controlled by the pirates at the end of Chapter XXVII?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. 1Who does Jim find on the deck of the Hispaniola in Chapter XXV?

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

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

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

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

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

9. What deal does Israel make with Jim in Chapter XXV?

10. What does Jim go looking for in Chapter XXII?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Define archetype. How are archetypes used in literature? How are they identified? Identify at least one archetype used in Treasure Island. Discuss its importance to the story.

Essay Topic 2

Compare and contrast Livesey and Silver, particularly as they relate to Jim. What are their relationships with Jim? How do those relationships change by the end of the story? Who do you think Jim relates to better in the story? Why?

Essay Topic 3

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.

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