Chapter 1
1. TF The stranger (the captain) stayed at the "Admiral Benbow" inn because it was "well
spoken of."
Answer: True
2. What type of drink did the stranger like to sip "like a connoisseur"? Rum, Mead or Wine?
Answer: Rum
3. Why did the stranger pay the narrator (Jim Hawkins) "a silver fourpenny" every month?
a. For special services each week,
b. To keep his weather-eye open for a seafaring man with one leg
c. To give him warning if the local Watch came looking for him?
Answer: To keep his weather-eye open for a seafaring man with one leg
4. What frightened other customers most of all about the stranger?
a. The Captain’s Stories,
b. The Captain’s Singing
c. The Captain’s Drunkenness?
Answer: The Captain’s Stories
5. TF The captain was nonchalant about disclosing the contents of his sea-chest.
Answer: False
6. TF Dr. Livesey shook in his boots when the captain "opened a sailor's clasp-knife" and
"threatened to pin the doctor to the wall."
Answer: False
7. Dr. Livesey had what two roles in the district?
a. Physician and Constable
b. Sheriff and Medic
c. Doctor and Magistrate?
Answer: Doctor and Magistrate
Chapter 2: "Black Dog Appears And Disappears"
1. What did the stranger, Black Dog, think was a "great thing for boys"?
a. Discipline,
b. The Rod
c. A loose hand?
Answer: Discipline
2. TF When Black Dog called "Bill" to get the captain's attention, the captain imagined he had
seen a ghost.
Answer: False, he ‘looked’ like a man who had seen a ghost
3. What stopped the captain's sword from landing a final blow to the fugitive one?
a. Getting shot in the back
b. The Admiral Benbow’s Sign
c. Jim Hawkin’s Sword?
Answer: The Admiral Benbow’s Sign
4. What 4 tattoos did the captain sport?
a. “Here's luck,”
b. “An anchor,”
c. “A fair wind,”
d. “Billy Bones his fancy,”
e. “a sketch of a gallows and a man hanging from it,”
f. “A Woman”
Answer: "Here's luck," "A fair wind," "Billy Bones his fancy," and "a sketch of a gallows and a
man hanging from it."
Chapter 3: "The Black Spot"
1. What are Black Dog and the blind beggar after?
a. The Captain’s Gold,
b. Revenge on the Captain
c. The Captain’s Old Sea Chest?
Answer: The Captain’s Old Sea Chest
2. The captain was the first mate on whose crew?
a. Blackbeard’s Crew,
b. Morgan’s Crew
c. Flint’s Crew?
Answer: Flint’s Crew
3. TF Mrs. Hawkins becomes a widow in this chapter.
Answer: True
4. TF In time, the captain seemed rather to grow stronger day by day.
Answer: False
5. What would the blind beggar do to Jim if he didn't take him to "see" the captain?
a. Break his arm,
b. Gut him like a fish
c. Kill him?
Answer: Break his Arm
Chapter 4: "The Sea-Chest"
1. TF Jim left his "mother alone and unprotected" to "seek help in the neighboring hamlet."
Answer: False
2. What did the "little round of paper" say?
a. It didn’t say anything, it had just the Black Spot,
b. “You have till ten tonight”
c. “Come alone or your Mother dies!”
Answer: “You have till ten tonight”
3. Where did Jim and his mother hide to escape the approaching footsteps?
a. Under the Bridge,
b. In the Hay Wagon
c. In the Barn?
Answer: Under the Bridge
Chapter 5: "The Last Of The Blind Man"
1. What caused the buccaneers to separate "in every direction"?
a. The fire of the Inn catching the attention of the town,
b. The tramp of horses galloping and a pistol shot
c. The tolling of an alarm bell?
Answer: The tramp of horses galloping and a pistol shot
2. TF Johnny, Black Dog, and Dirk helped Pew find the right road.
Answer: False
3. TF The horsemen who showed up were the lad, Dr. Livesey, and revenue officers.
Answer: False, the doctor wasn’t there.
Chapter 6: "The Captain's Papers"
1. TF The "black, atrocious miscreant" referred to the dark road that led to the "Admiral
Benbow" inn.
Answer: False, the blind beggar
2. TF Jim Hawkins gave "the oil-skin packet" to Dr. Livesey.
Answer: True
3. Who was "the bloodthirstiest buccaneer that sailed" the seas?
a. Captain Flint,
b. Black Dog
c. Blind Pew?
Answer: Captain Flint
4. What was the name of the hill on the map?
a. In a week,
b. tomorrow
c. In a fortnight?
Answer: Tomorrow
Chapter 7: "I Go To Bristol"
1. TF The doctor had to go to London for a physical prior to embarking on such a trip with the
squire and Jim.
Answer: False, he had to procure a physician to take care of his practice.
2. Who was engaged to be the ship's cook?
a. Long John Silver,
b. Black Dog
c. Trelawney?
Answer: Long John Silver
3. TF Jim visited his mom and showed no sign of emotion.
Answer: False, he cried for the home he was leaving.
4. TF When Jim arrived at the Bristol docks, he spotted the schooner amongst "the great
multitude of ships."
Answer: False
Chapter 8: "At The Sign Of The 'Spy-Glass'"
1. Long John lost which leg?
a. He didn’t lose a leg,
b. His left
c. His right?
Answer: His Left
2. TF The thought that Long John might be the man about whom the captain at the "Benbow"
had warned him never occurred to Jim.
Answer: False, he feared him immediately
3. TF After hearing Long John's report about Black Dog, Dr. Livesey mistrusted him as a crew
member.
Answer: False, he felt the man suited him and was ‘a perfect trump’
Chapter 9: "Powder And Arms"
1. TF Mr. Arrow's squint indicated to Jim that Mr. Trelawney and Captain Smollett were
somewhat at odds.
Answer: False, it was only a physical characteristic and implied nothing of personal
relationships.
2. Why didn't Captain Smollett like the cruise?
a. Because everyone knew that it was going for treasure,
b. Smollett didn’t like sailing without his personal crew
c. He had ‘never before seen a crew of such blaggards and rabble rousers’.
Answer: Because everyone knew that it was going for treasure
3. TF While the map of the unknown island was known, the latitude and longitude remained
confidential.
Answer: False, ‘The hands know it, sir.’
4. TF Mr. Trelawney thought less of Captain Smollett after he had confessed his misgivings
about the cruise and the crew.
Answer: True, he thought his conduct unmanly, un-sailorly and downright un-English.
Chapter 10: "The Voyage"
1. TF The crew were capable seamen.
Answer: True
2. Who replaced Mr. Arrow as the ship's mate?
Answer: The boatswain, Job Anderson
3. What was Long John Silver's nickname? Cookie, Stumpy or Barbecue?
Answer: Barbecue
4. TF Silver sent Jim Hawkins to search the apple barrel for the secret map.
Answer: False
Chapter 11: "What I Heard In The Apple Barrel"
1. Who was the "abominable old rogue"?
a. Captain Smollett,
b. Black Dog
c. Long John Silver?
Answer: Long John Silver
2. Who was going to meet Silver at an undisclosed rendezvous?
a. His Old Missis
b. Job Anderson
c. The Night Watchman.
Answer: His old Missis
3. What was meant by "gentleman of fortune"?
a. A Treasure Hunter,
b. A Mercenary
c. A Common Pirate?
Answer: A common Pirate
4. TF The coxswain, Israel Hands, succumbed to Silver's orders.
Answer: True
Chapter 12: "Council Of War"
1. TF Silver readily conveyed his annoyance and disappointment at the map's lack of "red
crosses and the written notes."
Answer: False
2. TF When the Captain, Dr. Livesey, and Mr. Trelawney were listening to Jim's account of
Silver's plot for their blood, they continually interrupted Hawkins with questions of further
detail.
Answer: False
3. On how many men outside of Livesey, Smollett, and Trelawney could the three of them rely
when the blows of the mutiny materialize?
a. 3,
b. 4
c. 5?
Answer: 3
Chapter 13: "How My Shore Adventure Began"
1. TF The "cords of discipline" were relaxed because "there was not a breath of air moving" and
because "a peculiar stagnant smell hung over the anchorage."
Answer: False, sight of the island made the men anxious and less obedient
2. TF Because food supplies were low, Silver, the cook, was allowed to go ashore and bring
back lambs for the next meal.
Answer: False
3. TF Silver threw a party before going ashore in a final attempt to sway the "honest hands" to
join the "mighty rebellious crew."
Answer: False
Chapter 14: "The First Blow"
1. TF Jim Hawkins assumed the isle was uninhabited.
Answer: True
2. What was Jim's business on the island?
a. To get to the treasure firs,
b. To get some water for the dehydrated crew
c. To get close to and overhear the mutineers?
Answer: To get close to and overhear the mutineers.
3. TF Silver's crutch was used as an "uncouth missile" to kill Tom in the back.
Answer: False, it was a branch from a tree
4. TF Silver's parrot whistled to signal safety for the other mutineers.
Answer: False
Chapter 15: "The Man Of The Island"
1. TF Jim Hawkins thought Ben Gunn was a deer because he flitted on all fours - ran using both
legs and arms on the ground.
Answer: False
2. What gave Jim renewed courage to face Ben Gunn?
a. Trelawney arriving to help,
b. The recollection of his pistol
c. Seeing that Ben Gunn was an old man?
Answer: The recollection of his pistol
3. TF Ben Gunn's face was dark in order to maintain a disguise.
Answer: False
4. TF Ben Gunn revealed that he was rich prior to Jim telling "him the whole story of our
voyage."
Answer: True
5. TF Billy Bones and Long John were two of the six men who helped Flint bury the treasure.
Answer: False, Flint killed all of the 6 men who helped him bury the treasure
Chapter 16: "Narrative Continued By The Doctor: How The Ship Was Abandoned"
1. Who went "ashore with the jolly-boat, in quest of information"?
a. Hunter and Dr. Livesey,
b. Morgan and Dr. Livesey
c. Trelawney and Captain Smollet?
Answer: Hunter and Dr. Livesey
2. TF Dr. Livesey assumed "the cry of a man at the point of death" was Jim Hawkins.
Answer: True
3. What shone "far below us in the sun, on the clean, sandy bottom" in two fathoms and a half
of [ocean] water? The Treasure, the Arms or the Cannons?
Answer: The arms (Rifles or Pistols)
4. TF The knife cut on Gray's cheek was inflicted by Captain Smollett because of Abraham's
indecisiveness.
Answer: False, the mutineers wounded him as he fled to show his colors.
Chapter 17: "Narrative Continued By The Doctor: The Jolly-Boat's Last Trip"
1. Captain Smollett wanted Squire Trelawney to pick off whom, preferably?
a. Long John Silver,
b. Black Dog
c. Israel Hands?
Answer: Israel Hands
2. Who was "not entirely fitted for a man of war"?
a. Joyce,
b. Job Anderson
c. Jim Hawkins?
Answer: Joyce
Chapter 18: "Narrative Continued By The Doctor: End Of The First Day's Fighting"
1. Who handed Benjamin the cutlass?
a. Trelawney,
b. Smollett
c. Dr. Livesey?
Answer: Dr. Livesey
2. Who "had followed every order silently, doggedly, and well"?
a. Job Anderson,
b. Trelawney
c. Tom Redruth
Answer: Tom Redruth
3. "Extra mouth" refers to whom?
a. Jim Hawkins
b. Tom Redruth
c. Job Anderson
Answer: Tom Redruth
Chapter 19: "Narrative Resumed By Jim Hawkins: The Garrison In The Stockade"
1. Who made the stockade years ago?
a. Captain Flint,
b. Ben Gunn
c. Long John Silver
Answer: Captain Flint
2. What type of cheese did the doctor have stored in his snuff-box?
a. Cheddar
b. Swiss
c. Parmesan?
Answer: Parmesan
3. TF The men at the fort "had two able allies" in their possession - "rum and the climate."
Answer: False, the pirates had rum
4. TF The mutiny was Captain Smollett's second.
Answer: False
Chapter 20: "Silver's Embassy"
1. TF The captain's "treacherous shot" was intended for Silver.
Answer: False
2. TF The sea cook did well to make the other mutineers stick "together like a happy family."
Answer: False, happy family was in reference to the men in the stockade
Chapter 21: "The Attack"
1. Who made the plan for the defense of the stockade?
a. Dr. Livesey,
b. Captain Smollett
c. Long John Silver
Answer: Captain Smollett
2. Who was the first to fire from the stockade?
a. Tom Redruth,
b. Job Anderson
c. Joyce
Answer: Joyce
3. Who was "the poor fellow" knocked "senseless" to the floor?
a. Joyce,
b. Hunter
c. Tom Redruth
Answer: Hunter
Chapter 22: "How My Sea Adventure Began"
1. TF The captain's wounds were dangerous, but not grievous.
Answer: False
2. TF Smollett was shot in two places.
Answer: True
3. TF While one chart was with the doctor, another was kept safely with the wounded captain.
Answer: False
4. TF The weather hindered Jim's secret mission.
Answer: False, the fog helped.
Chapter 23: "The Ebb-Tide Runs"
1. What was very safe but queer to handle?
a. The coracle,
b. The Pony
c. The raft
Answer: The coracle
2. What are "raging breakers"?
a. Enraged Sea Lions,
b. Strong waves
c. Impassable reefs?
Answer: Strong Waves
Chapter 24: "The Cruise Of The Coracle"
1. What were the "huge slimy monsters"?
a. Giant fish,
b. Huge Snails
c. Sea Lions
Answer: Sea Lions
2. What would "produce violent changes in the behavior of a coracle"?
a. Shifting weight
b. Loss of the oars
c. Poor handling
Answer: Shifting weight
3. TF Jim thought that if he could get on board the vessel, he could return her to her captain.
Answer: True
4. TF Jim's scheme was tempered by the return of his torturing thirst.
Answer: False
Chapter 25: "I Strike The Jolly Roger"
1. Why were the planks not "swabbed since the mutiny"?
a. No one had been on the ship
b. The Pirates weren’t organized and disciplined
c. The Pirates were too busy fighting Captain Smollett and his men
Answer: The Pirates weren’t organized or disciplined
2. TF When the coxswain awoke from his drunken stupor, he was surprised to see Jim.
Answer: False
3. TF Jim took his drink first prior to giving the coxswain brandy.
Answer: True, he drank some water
4. TF Jim Hawkins refused to strike a deal with the coxswain and managed to sail the ship
without his help.
Answer: Fail
5. Why had Jim's conscience smitten him?
a. Because he killed a man to take the ship
b. Smollett died because he left
c. Because he deserted his friends at the fort
Answer: Because he deserted his friends at the fort
Chapter 26: "Israel Hands"
1. What perception of Israel did Jim have that allowed him to conceal his "suspicions to the
end"?
a. He felt he was densely stupid,
b. He felt he was too injured to focus
c. He felt he was overly preoccupied
Answer: He felt he was densely stupid
2. After Israel professes that he "never seen good come o' goodness yet," what other views does
he espouse?
a. “Him as strikes from the shadows is my fancy, greater chance to live,”
b. “Him as strikes last is my fancy, they last the longest”
c. “Him as strikes first is my fancy, dead men don’t bite”
Answer: “Him as strikes first is my fancy, dead men don’t bite”
3. Why was Jim's pistol useless?
a. The striker was broken,
b. Water made it inoperable
c. There was no powder in it
Answer: Water damage
4. TF After all was said and done, Israel "plunged head first into the water," ironically landing
on top of O'Brien's dead body.
Answer: False
Chapter 27: "Pieces Of Eight"
1. TF "But I was my own master again," means Jim's wound was not severe.
Answer: False, referenced Israel’s death
2. TF Out of respect, Jim wrapped O'Brien in the Jolly Roger flag and tossed him overboard,
where he "could see him and Israel lying side by side."
Answer: False
3. Jim would counter the accusation of truantry with what ace in the hole?
a. Recapturing the Hispaniola,
b. Finding the treasure
c. Killing Israel Hands
Answer: Having recapturing the Hispaniola
4. TF Jim assumed the snoring was from his friends.
Answer: True
5. Who announced Jim's arrival at the block-house?
a. Captain Smollett,
b. Captain Flint the Parrot
c. Long John Silver
Answer: Captain Flint, the Parrot
Chapter 28: "In The Enemy's Camp"
1. What increased Jim's horror tenfold?
a. The knife held to his throat,
b. The threats of Long John Silver
c. The sight of no prisoners
Answer: The sight of no prisoners
2. TF Silver knew where Jim's friends were?
Answer: False
3. Who attempted to kill Jim?
a. Tom Morgan,
b. Long John Silver
c. Black Dog
Answer: Tom Morgan
Chapter 29: "The Black Spot Again"
1. TF That Long John still had a shot in his locker made him somewhat confident.
Answer: True
2. TF The paper that was passed to Silver had writing on both sides.
Answer: True
3. TF The mutineers gave Long John Silver a litany of reasons for their disenchantment with
him as ruling captain.
Answer: True
4. TF "The captain's chest" refers to Black Dog's chest.
Answer: True
5. Who stayed up for sentinel, responsible for guarding the fort for the evening?
a. Job Anderson,
b. Tom Morgan
c. George Merry
Answer: George Merry
Chapter 30: "On Parole"
1. TF The doctor gave one stern nod to Jim upon his entry into the fort.
Answer: True
2. TF The doctor suggested that some of the pirates had malaria.
Answer: True
3. TF Silver was concerned about etching out a separate peace for himself.
Answer: True
4. TF Silver had the shakes because he didn't want to be hanged.
Answer: True
5. TF Dr. Livesey wanted Jim to run for it before Jim revealed that he "got the ship."
Answer: True
Chapter 31: "The Treasure Hunt - Flint’s Pointer"
1. TF Living hand to mouth typified the buccaneers' forethoughtful resolve toward the future.
Answer: False
2. TF According to Jim's narration, Silver "had still a foot in either camp," and either alternative
would be equally acceptable to John.
Answer: False, John would preserve riches with the pirates
3. TF Allardyce helped resolve some of the ambiguity of the terms of the map.
Answer: True, the dead man’s bones were a pointer
4. TF Morgan's missing knife was found in the dead seaman's pocket.
Answer: False
Chapter 32: "The Treasure Hunt - The Voice Among The Trees"
1. Who figured out the person whose "thin, high, trembling voice struck up the well-known
air"?
a. John Morgan,
b. Black Dog
c. Long John Silver
Answer: Long John Silver
2. Who was tossing about deadly looks and "murderous glances"?
a. John Morgan,
b. Black Dog
c. Long John Silver
Answer: Long John Silver (to Jim)
3. TF A walrus had taken the seven hundred thousand pounds.
Answer: False
Chapter 33: "The Fall Of A Chieftain"
1. Who passed whom "a double-barreled pistol"?
a. Silver to Jim,
b. John Morgan to Black Dog
c. Smollett to Trelawney
Answer: Silver passed Jim a pistol
2. TF Jim refrained from whispering "'So you've changed sides again.'"
Answer: False
3. TF The "three survivors" were able to obtain a get-a-way boat to Mizzen-mast Hill.
Answer: False
4. TF Benn Gunn was responsible for the excavation and relocation of the treasure.
Answer: True
5. TF Silver was spared oar duty because his fatigue was killing him.
Answer: False
6. Who told Squire Trelawney "not to prosecute" John Silver?
a. Dr. Livesey,
b. Captain Smollett
c. Jim Hawkins?
Answer: Dr. Livesey
7. TF Captain Smollett praised Long John Silver for returning to his proper duty.
Answer: False, he only said ‘Ah!’
Chapter 34: "And Last"
1. TF The "transportation of this great mass of gold" was done without a single sentry?
Answer: False
2. TF No one treated Silver better than a dog.
Answer: False, Ben Gunn and Jim Hawkins didn’t
3. TF Long John Silver split on a secret mission to rescue the three fellows left behind on
Treasure Island.
Answer: False