High Secondary School

English Language – Literature

Treasure Island
Question One:-
Answer the following questions:
1. Where was Jim when he overheard the plan of Long John Silver?
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2. Who won the first battle in the stockade?
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3. Why did Dr. Livesey think it was better to move from the ship to
the stockade?
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4. What was Jim’s plan after he sneaked out of the stockade?
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5. What could happen to any pirate that gets caught in the past?
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6. How much money did the captain pay for Mr. Hawkins?
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7. Who was the beggar who came to see the captain in the inn?
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8. Why was Ben Gunn marooned?
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9. What was surprise that Jim found when he got back to the
stockade?
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10. Where and when did the author of “Treasure Island” die?
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11. What did Long Silver intend to do just before the Hispaniola
arrived to the island?
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12. Why did Dr. Livesey tell the captain to keep quiet? What was the
captain reply?
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13. Where did Jim find the key of the sea chest?
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14. How did blind Pew die?
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15. Why did their boat sink when they moved from the ship to the
stockade?
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16. Captain Bill told Jim that Flint’s men were looking for him? What
did they want?
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17. Where did captain Flint die?
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18. How old was Jim when the story began?
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19. What stories did the captain tell Jim in the inn?
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20. How did Jim and Dr. Livesey travel to Bristol?
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21. Who was the first stranger who arrived to the inn asking about
Billy?
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 22. How long did the journey take to the Treasure Island?
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23. What was Jim Hawkins’ job on the ship?
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24. How did Jim get to the Hispaniola after he left the stockade?
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25. How much was Flint’s treasure?
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26. Why did Silver kill Tom?
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27. Where did Jim and his parents live?
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28. A pirate wounded Jim in his shoulder. How did the pirate do that?
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29. How many boats were there on the Hispaniola?
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30. What happened to Jim at the end of the story?
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Question Two:-
State whether the following sentences are True (T) or False (F):
1. Benn Gunn was pirate.
2. Silver asked a pirate when they would take over the ship.
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3. There were only five barrels on the ship.
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4. Benn Gunn found the treasure with other pirates on the island.
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5. Silver put a rope around Jim’s neck to prevent him escaping.
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6. The stockade was built by the customs men.
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7. Jim’s died shortly after captain Bill had died.
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8. Ben Gunn managed to live by eating fruits and cheese.
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9. The voyage to Treasure Island took more than a month.
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10. At the end captain Smollett bought himself an inn.
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11. The author of the story is French.
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12. Captain Bill received the Black Spot in his room at the inn.
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13. Squire Trelawney was a sailor.
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14. Nine pirates attacked the stockade after the negotiations between
Silver and captain Smollett had failed.
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15. The treasure coins were in gold and silver.
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16. Long John Silver missed his left arm.
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17. The leather packet belongs to Ben Gunn.
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18. Squire Trelawney was buried in the early morning.
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19. Captain Smollett told Jim’s mother that he wanted her son to go
with him on a sea voyage.
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20. Jim’s father died shortly after captain Bill had died.
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21. Jim Hawkins was born in 1733.
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 22. Stevenson died in Scotland.
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23. Ben Gunn looked mad.
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24. The Admiral Benbow had a lot of customers.
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25. Ben Gunn was marooned on the island for three years.
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Question Three:-
Draw a circle round the letter of the correct answer a, b, c or d:
1. Treasure Island is____________________________________________
a. detective story b. a humorous story
c. a romantic story d. an adventurous story
2. Ben Gunn was marooned, because he_____________________________
a. knew the place of the treasure b. didn’t know the place of the treasure
c. escape from the pirates d. took the treasure to the cave
3. Blind Pew brought a__________________________________________
a. letter b. rope c. cloth d. black spot
4. “Dead men tell no tales” who said this?___________________________
a. Alexander Smollett b. John Trelawney
c. Long John d. Jim
5. The stockade was built by______________________________________
a. pirates b. sailors c. customs men d. none of them
6. Who is the first pirate that Jim has met?___________________________
a. Tom b. Silver c. Billy d. none of them
7. The Hispaniola travels from…………to the Treasure Island.
a. Liverpool b. Bristol c. Samoa d. Scotland
8. Who killed Allan?____________________________________________
a. Pew b. Jim c. Silver d. none of them
9. Captain Flint and Long John Silver were__________________________
a. real pirates b. sailors c. not real pirates d. relatives
10. The pirates were carrying……………to dig up the treasure.
a. picks b. oars c. shovels d. both “a and c”
11. Jim was trying to keep the ship moving towards north; because _______
a. north was dangerous b. north was sunny
c. pirates were at south d. none of these

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 12. Benn Gunn managed to live on the island by eating________________
a. cheese b. fruits c. fish c. both “b” and “c”
13. who won the first battle in stockade?____________________________
a. Jim and his friends b. Silver and his men
c. neither “a” nor “b” d. Benn Gunn
14. The beggar who came to see the captain in the inn was______________
a. Black Dog b. Blind Pew c. Flint d. none of these
15. The stockade was built by_____________________________________
a. the pirates b. the customs men c. the sailors d. Smollett
16. Silver came to the stockade to talk with Captain Smollett about_______
a. the ship b. Flint c. the pirates d. the map
Question Seven:
Match (A) with (B) by putting the letter of the right answer from (B) in front
of (A) in column (C):
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A C B
1.mary Reed …………. a. pirate’s flag
2.Blind Pew …………. b. the main mast
3.the captain …………. c. a real pirate
4.the Jolly Roger …………. d. drunk
5.a look out …………. e. custom’s men

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A B C
1.the captain ……………. a. chartered a ship
2.Silver ……………. b. the pirates flag
3.Henry Morgan …………….. c. Jim Hawkins
4.the boat ……………. d. sailed into the ocean
5.captain Flint …………….. e. leather belt
6.Black Dog …………….. f. white flag
7.Jolly Roger …………….. g. sank
8.Trelawney …………….. h. paid four gold coins
9.A hammock …………….. i. escaped to the main road

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10.Ben Gunn …………….. j. a real pirate

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A C B
1.the captain …………… a. the main road
2.Silver …………… b. leather packet
3.wooden chest ……………. c. a stroke
4.Blak Dog …………… d. leather belt
5.Ben Gunn …………… e. white flag

Sabri Dafaalla Ahmed

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