This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > English Literature > Classics > Treasure Island – Quiz 12 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Treasure Island Quiz 12 (60 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. What does the idiom to hold your ground mean? A) To collect dirt from the side of the road. B) Run away quickly. C) Have a meeting. D) To not give up. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) To not give up. 2. A state of disrepair; in the process of falling apart A) Feint. B) Volubility. C) Squandering. D) Preening. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Squandering. 3. Who does Billy Bones tell Jim to beware of? A) The one-legged man. B) Ben Gunn. C) The deaf man. D) The blind man. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) The one-legged man. 4. Who said, "Don't lay a hand on that boy!" A) Captain Smollett. B) Jim Hawkins. C) Long John Silver. D) Captain Flint. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Long John Silver. 5. Israel hands plotted to A) Get the treasure and run away. B) Get the ship home and get rid of Jim. C) Get the ship home and escape. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Get the ship home and get rid of Jim. 6. Which of the following did Silver not do? A) Allow Jim to have a dirk. B) Allow the doctor to speak with Jim with the stockade fence between them. C) Make Jim give his work that he wouldn't try to escape. D) Tell the pirates that they were going treasure-hunting with the map. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Allow Jim to have a dirk. 7. Who one legged man A) Captain Smollett. B) Black Dog. C) Silver. D) Captain Flint. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Silver. 8. A magistrate is ..... A) A local police officer. B) A Supreme Court Judge. C) A local government official who has some of the power of a judge. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) A local government official who has some of the power of a judge. 9. What does the "black spot" symbolize in the story? A) A type of currency among pirates. B) A mark of death or doom. C) A sign of pirate brotherhood. D) A location on the treasure map. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) A mark of death or doom. 10. A unit of length about 3 miles long A) League. B) Nautical. C) Mutiny. D) Buccaneer. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) League. 11. The judge gave a harsh ..... to the person who robbed the bank. A) Manuscript. B) Punishment. C) Standard. D) Falter. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Punishment. 12. Who attacked the fort? A) Pirates. B) Islanders. C) Jim's friends. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Pirates. 13. What job did Jim Hawkin's do? A) Innkeeper. B) Soldier. C) Blacksmith. D) Baker. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Innkeeper. 14. The poor ship had been taken apart. Silver's men A) Were cleaning it up. B) Were angry at Jim. C) Were having a party. D) Had been looking for the map. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Had been looking for the map. 15. Not able to stop; not in proper control or order; a crazy look A) Quiet. B) Leg. C) Wild. D) Watch. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Wild. 16. What is the name of the pirate who loses his leg and becomes a cook? A) Davy Jones. B) Long John Silver. C) Captain Hook. D) Blackbeard. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Long John Silver. 17. I found a ..... on the gate of his villa which meant that he wasn't there ..... to protect it against theft. A) Chain. B) Flag. C) Fort. D) Firewood. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Chain. 18. The ..... sailed all over the world in search of gold. A) Buccaneer. B) Buck an ear. C) Buccinere. D) Bucanear. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Buccaneer. 19. Who is the first pirate to be taken down by the captain's crew? A) Jim Hawkins. B) Job Anderson. C) Ben Gunn. D) John Silver. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Job Anderson. 20. As we battled the pirates, they would ..... behind the clouds of smoke from the fire. A) Vanish. B) Seafaring. C) Tangle. D) Ragged. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Vanish. 21. Stop or refrain from A) Ration. B) Welter. C) Preen. D) Forbear. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Forbear. 22. Amount of something you're receiving A) Lingered. B) Galley. C) Trial. D) Rations. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Rations. 23. The name of the book we are reading is A) Romeo and Juliet. B) Pirates and Treasure. C) Treasure Island. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Treasure Island. 24. The author's use of first-person point of view in this story enables the reader to A) Experience the events in an exciting and suspenseful way. B) Know more than the narrator, creating irony. C) Have a more removed, objective view of the events. D) Better understand everyone's feelings and experiences. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Experience the events in an exciting and suspenseful way. 25. According to Dr Livesey, who seemed to be a good man? A) John Silver. B) Mr Dance. C) Black Dog. D) Jim Hawkins. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) John Silver. 26. What literary technique occurs in literature when the author takes the reader back in time in order to provide background knowledge. A) Illusion. B) Foreshadow. C) Point of View. D) Flashback. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Flashback. 27. The pirate stole the map and went to hunt for the jewel filled ..... A) Treasure. B) Voyage. C) Mutiny. D) Fever. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Treasure. 28. Who was the cook on the ship? A) Jim Hawkins. B) Long John. C) Redruth. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Long John. 29. In Chapter 1, why was Captain trying to get away from Black Dog and other seafaring men? A) He was scared of them. B) He tricked them into getting there. C) He stole treasure from them. D) They knew he had Flint's map in his seachest. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) They knew he had Flint's map in his seachest. 30. A heavy sword is a ..... A) Stockade. B) Cutlass. C) Hammock. D) Crew. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Cutlass. 31. Pen or enclosure made with posts or timbers A) Trial. B) Truce. C) Lingered. D) Stockade. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Stockade. 32. What does the word "analogy" mean? A) Not sure. B) A passage from or part of a larger text. C) A comparison of two things that are alike in some way. D) Personification or a simile. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) A comparison of two things that are alike in some way. 33. The blind pirate that attacked Flint in the inn was called? A) Silver. B) Dirk. C) Dark Dog. D) Black Dog. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Black Dog. 34. What does the captain say about the crew's knowledge of the treasure? A) They know the exact location. B) They are afraid of it. C) They are not interested. D) They have no idea. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) They know the exact location. 35. There was quite the ..... when someone let their dog loose in the grocery store. A) Comotion. B) Comoshin. C) Commotion. D) Kamoshun. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Commotion. 36. What does Captain Smollett determine after Jim reveals Long John Silver's plans? A) They can't turn back because the crew would mutiny. B) Until they find the treasure, they have time to make a plan. C) They will eventually fight, but they can choose the best time for it. D) All of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) All of the above. 37. Where does Jim plan to beach the boat to avoid the waiting pirates? A) Captain Kidd's anchorage. B) North Inlet. C) Ben Gunn's location. D) Treasure Island. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) North Inlet. 38. A stone carving of a strange figure used to decorate a building. A) Gargoyle. B) Shoer. C) Farthing. D) Cove. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Gargoyle. 39. Squire Trelawney can't "hold his tongue" . What does this idiom mean? A) He has trouble closing his mouth. B) He can't keep a secret and is chatty. C) His tongue is stuck and is unable to move it. D) He is very quiet and does not make a sound. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) He can't keep a secret and is chatty. 40. To shake allover A) Watch. B) Angry. C) Quiet. D) Shook. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Shook. 41. What was NOT inside the old sea chest? A) Jewels. B) A Map. C) A Navigational Tool. D) A Watch. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Jewels. 42. A small valley, usually with grass and trees A) League. B) Squall. C) Dell. D) Stockade. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Dell. 43. What does it mean to feel "elated" ? A) Extremely happy and excited. B) Very sad. C) Angry. D) Confused. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Extremely happy and excited. 44. Who financed the expedition? A) Squire Trelawney. B) Dr. Livesey. C) Captain Smollett. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Squire Trelawney. 45. To become quiet or less A) Wound. B) Companion. C) Subside. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Subside. 46. Excessively hot and humid; causing sweating and/or faintness A) Apparition. B) Modulation. C) Sweltering. D) Innumerable. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Sweltering. 47. What is the relationship between a truce and desertion? A) Desertion can lead to a truce. B) They are unrelated terms. C) They are opposite terms. D) A truce can lead to desertion. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) A truce can lead to desertion. 48. Bahne lost his (a) in the woods and was lost for three days. A) Stroke. B) Sabre. C) A bearings. D) Seafaring. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) A bearings. 49. What do pirates consider treasure? A) Pirates believed that each item found on the ocean bottom was treasure. B) Pirates believed that treasure was anything that could make them rich. C) Pirates thought that only items covered in gold and silver were treasure. D) Pirates only recognized goods that could keep them healthy as treasure. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Pirates believed that treasure was anything that could make them rich. 50. A person who is discolored by bruising; pale or enraged is ..... A) Effectual. B) Prophetic. C) Ruffian. D) Livid. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Livid. 51. What are some clues that alert Jim to possible trouble at the stockade? A) A fire burning and two men were sitting in the stockade and he came upon Silver's group was snoring asleep. B) A fire burning and no one was guarding the stockade and he came upon Silver's group was snoring asleep. C) A fire burning and one person was guarding the stockade and he came upon Silver's group was snoring asleep. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) A fire burning and no one was guarding the stockade and he came upon Silver's group was snoring asleep. 52. The ..... millionaire planned a spiritual journey to the Holy Land. A) Adversary. B) Pious. C) Treacherous. D) Sweltering. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Pious. 53. Who died first in the admiral benbow inn A) Billy Bones. B) Pew. C) Jims Mother. D) Jims Father. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Jims Father. 54. How does Bill know the pirates are coming back to the Inn at 10:00? A) The note the blind man gives the Captain they will come at 10:00. B) The doctor told Bill he overheard the pirates say they will come at 10:00. C) The police called, and said there would be trouble from pirates at 10:00. D) Jim had a dream there would be trouble at the Inn with pirates at 10:00. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) The note the blind man gives the Captain they will come at 10:00. 55. Why does Captain Smollett want Silver to get the dishonest members of the crew under his control? A) The captain is concerned Silver may begin fighting with him. B) The captain is concerned the men may begin to fight among themselves and start a mutiny. C) The captain wants Silver to be the new captain because he is sick and can't be the captain anymore. D) The captain is tired of the adventure and does not want to be in charge anymore. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) The captain is concerned the men may begin to fight among themselves and start a mutiny. 56. You must bring this if you go to new city. A) Fly. B) Map. C) Lake. D) Island. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Map. 57. Give one word for trapped and alone in an inaccessible place. A) Shipwrecked. B) Marooned. C) Accompanied. D) Frightened. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Marooned. 58. What was the name of the ship that had been bought? A) Joyce. B) Admiral Benbow. C) Redruth. D) Hispaniola. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Hispaniola. 59. When Jim saw the boy the Squire brought to help Jim's mom, he became jealous. A) False. B) True. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) True. 60. Where did Jim say goodbye before leaving for the journey? A) To his mother and the pub. B) To the squire. C) To the mail carrier. D) To the captain. 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