1. Who is the narrator for most of the novel?

o Jim Hawkins
o Dick Johnson
o an outsider
o it is always switching points of view
o Dr. Livesey
o Long John Silver
o Dr. Livesey also takes over for a bit

2. Where does the story begin?

o at the dock in Savannah
o at the Admiral Benbow inn
o on Treasure Island
o on the ship Hispaniola
o First belonging to his father, the Admiral Benbow was later in the hands of Jim Hawkins and
his mother after his father had died.

3. Who is the first pirate that Jim encounters?

o Billy Bones
o Long John Silver (though in disguise)
o Israel Hands
o Captain Flint
o Black Dog
o Job Anderson
o However, he tells no one his name (and denies it when they see a tattoo he has saying it),
and wants everyone to call him Captain.

4. Jim is paid to watch for a man with what description?

o a man with one eye
o a blind man
o a man with a limp and a parrot
o a man with a very high-pitched voice who looked like a woman
o a man with one leg
o a man with tattoos all over his body
o That would be Long John Silver.

5. How much is Jim paid each moth to watch out for a one-legged man?
o sixpence
o fourpenny
o thruppence
o a shilling
o Besides this, Bones only pays the Hawkins three or four gold pieces. They are too afraid to
ask him for more.
 6. In what month does Black Dog first make his appearance?
o the book doesn't say, except that it was in the winter
o December
o January
o February
o March
o It was an early morning in January when Black Dog came into the story. He was looking for
Billy Bones, who wasn't at the inn at the time that Black Dog showed up. Black Dog decided
to wait around for him.

7. How did Jim's father die?

o unknown
o murder
o suicide
o illness
o The book states that Jim's father was ill. He got weaker and weaker until ultimately he died.

8. Where is Billy when he receives the black spot?

o the book doesn't say
o on the road
o in the inn
o at the squire's house
o on the ship Hispaniola

9. What is not found in Billy Bones’s sea chest out of a suit of fine clothes,
an old Spanish watch, a bottle of rum, and seashells?
o a suit of fine clothes
o an old Spanish watch
o a bottle of rum
o seashells

10.To whom does Jim first show the map?

o his mother
o Squire Trelawney
o his father
o Dr. Livesey
o Captain Smollett

11.From what town does the expedition set sail?

o Portsmouth
o Dover
o Brighton
o Bristol
12.Who is the last crew member on the Hispaniola to learn about the treasure?
o Squire Trelawney
o Dick Johnson
o Jim
o Captain Smollett
o Long John Silver
o This is probably because the squire told a few people, who told everyone else except for the
captain, who no one especially liked.

13.What phrase does Long John's bird repeat over and over?
o "Polly wants a cracker"
o "pieces of six"
o "pieces of eight"
o "pieces of four"

14.On the journey to Treasure Island, who falls overboard on the ship?
o Jim
o Squire Trelawney
o Dr. Livesey
o Long John
o Mr. Arrow
o Mr. Arrow was first mate. However, he kept ending up drunk, and so when he fell overboard,
no one bothered to help him. He actually was having rum put into his water by the
mutineers, and so probably didn’t deserve his fate.

15.Where did Jim hide when he overheard Long John Silver planning his
mutiny?
o in a rum barrel
o in an apple barrel
o under a bed
o in a cupboard
o in the bottom of a boat

16.Who does Jim tell to gather the others, when he overhears the planned
mutiny?
o no one, he is afraid to tell anyone about it
o George Merry
o Redruth
o Captain Smollett
o Squire Trelawney
o Dr. Livesey
17.What do the pirates prefer to call themselves?
o buccaneers
o gentlemen of fortune
o wealthy businessmen
o sailors with ambition

18.Whose treasure is involved?

o Silver's
o Bones's
o Allardyce's
o Gunn's
o Flint's
o Smollett's

19.Why was Ben Gunn on the island?

o he was marooned by his fellows
o he ran away from his fellow pirates
o he survived a shipwreck
o he stayed on the island because he wanted to experience a life of solitude
o Ben Gunn had been living on a diet of goats, berries, and oysters for three years while he
was marooned. The whole time, he was dreaming of cheese – toasted, mostly.

20.Where does Jim encounter Ben Gunn (on Treasure Island)?

o on the ship
o in the stockade
o in the woods
o at the pirates' camp

21.What was Ben Gunn stranded with?

o a pickaxe
o a musket
o a spade
o all of the above

22.Who is the first to discover Flint's treasure on the island?

o Jim
o Allardyce
o Long John and the rest of the mutineers
o Ben Gunn
o no one can ever find it
o Alan
o he was able to find it in the years he was marooned there

23.When the treasure was initially discovered, where was it taken

immediately after its excavation?
o to the beach
 o to the ship
o to the stockade
o to a cave
o to the river

24.Who finds the fort?

o Squire Trelawney
o George Merry
o Dr. Livesey
o Ben Gunn
o Captain Smollett
o Long John

25.What does Jim hunt for after leaving Captain Smollett in the stockade?
o a boat
o treasure
o rum
o medicine

26.What flag is flown initially from the stockade?

o the American flag
o the Jolly Roger
o the French flag
o the Union Jack (the Bristish flag)

27.Where did Ben Gunn keep his coracle hidden?

o in some bushes
o under a white rock
o in a cave
o in a tree
o Ben Gunn made the coracle himself, and though it was quite lop-sided, it did the job when
Jim had to get to the Hispaniola.

28.How does Jim move the ship away from the pirate camp?
o he pulls it with his boat
o he bribes the crew
o he sails it at night
o he cuts it adrift

29.Whom does Jim fight on the ship when he sneaks on board?

o George Merry
o Tom Redruth
o Israel Hands
o Long John Silver
30.What flag resembles the pirates?
o the American flag
o the French flag
o the Jolly Roger
o the Union Jack (the British flag)

31.Why does Long John Silver visit Captain Smollett in the stockade?
o to extort money
o to take a hostage
o to make a truce
o to fetch medicine

32.Why did Dick cut a page out of his Bible?

o to send a note to his mother
o to get a fire started
o to give Long John Silver the “black spot”
o to give Captain Smollett the “black spot”
o After Long John found out who had cut their Bible, he advised Dick to be saying his prayers.
There's no doubt that this rash act haunted Dick for the rest of his life.

33.When the pirates hand Silver a black spot toward the end of the novel,
what is its message?
o that Silver will be executed
o that Silver has one day to find the treasure
o that Silver has been deposed
o that Silver will be marooned

34.How did George Merry spell “deposed”?

o “depossed”
o “depposed”
o “diposed”
o “depozed”

35.Who does Silver take hostage?

o Captain Smollett
o Dr. Livesey
o Ben Gunn
o Jim
o This is after Jim sails the Hispaniola and goes back to the stockade. He plans to sneak in so
he will be found in the morning, but the pirates are now staying in the stockade, not his
friends.

36.What do the pirates prefer to call themselves?

o buccaneers
 o gentlemen of fortune
o wealthy businessmen
o sailors with ambition

37.Why does Dr. Livesey visit the pirates at the stockade?

o Long John Silver sent a man to tell him to come
o he wants to negotiate
o he is giving them medical treatment
o he wants to fight Long John
o It was part of a trade. The pirates left Squire Trelawney's party alone, and in return they got
health care and supplies. What the pirates didn't know was that the Squire's party was using
supplies Ben Gunn had stored up.

38.How does Ben Gunn frighten the pirates?

o by putting spiders in their beds
o by imitating dead Captain Flint’s voice
o by telling them their rum supply has run out
o by telling them the treasure map is a hoax
o Ben repeats Flint's last words. All the pirates but Long John were terrified of Flint, and so
terrified of the voice at first, but Long John recognizes Ben's voice, and everyone calms
down. No one minds Ben Gunn.

39.Allardyce, one of Flint's unfortunate seamen, took what from Morgan

ashore with him before he died?
o a wallet
o a cutlass
o a pistol
o a knife
o Not only had Allardyce taken Morgan's knife, but he also owed him money.

40.What final clue signifies the treasure?

o a skeleton
o a black spot
o the sign of a ship
o a flag
o an X

41.According to John Silver, whose skeleton was it?

o Tom Morgan’s
o Captain Flint’s
o George Merry’s
o Allardyce’s
o The pirates knew the bones belonged to Allardyce because of its long bones and yellow hair.

42.Jim sees "huge slimy monsters" on the beach before cutting loose the
Hispaniola. What were those monsters?
o seals
 o sea lions
o sea otters
o walruses

43.Near the end of the story, three remaining mutineers were marooned on
the island to the "huge glee" of whom?
o Jim Hawkins
o Captain Smollett
o Ben Gunn
o Long John Silver
o Two of the marooned pirates were Tom Morgan and Dick Johnson. The book doesn't say who
the third maroon was.

44.What happens to Silver at the end of the novel?

o he is hanged
o he is marooned on the island
o he steals some of the treasure and sneaks away
o he returns to England
o It is possible he returned to England with the money, but since the book doesn't say, that's
considered a wrong answer. I certainly hope no one said he was marooned, seeing what the
last question was.

45.Who helps Long John Silver escape?

o Ben
o Jim
o Squire Trelawney
o Smollett
o He does it while the others are ashore. Ben is afraid of Silver, and lets him escape because
he thinks it is safer. The others don't especially mind, because Silver was a lot of trouble,
and he didn't escape with very much money.

46.Why did Jim keep nothing back but the bearings of the island in his
journal?
o because he never knew exactly where the island was
o because he was afraid the spirit of Flint would come and haunt him
o because there was still treasure to be lifted
o because he promised Squire Trelawney and Dr. Livesey

47.What happens to the treasure?

o the government takes it
o Squire Trelawney gets most of it but gives a little to the crew who had helped him
o it is split fairly evenly between the members of the Squire's party
o the book doesn't say
o it is stolen
o it is used to buy a new ship
 o Captain Smollett retires; Gray saves his money, gets a family, and becomes mate and part-
owner of a ship; Ben Gunn uses his all money in nineteen days and is then given a lodge to
keep; and it doesn't say what happens to Jim, the Squire, or Dr. Livesey.

48.What are the last words of the book?

o "I still have nightmares about Silver and that island."
o "Pieces of eight! Pieces of eight!"
o "It was an adventure like no other."
o "Dead men don't tell tales."

Treasure Island Overview Quiz

1. What does Billy Bones ask Jim Hawkins to do?
WARN HIM IF HAWKINS SEES A ONE-LEGGED MAN
2. How did Ben Gunn come to live on the island?
HE WAS MAROONED THERE BY CAPTAIN FLINT
3. What does Israel Hands do and/or say to Hawkins?
STABS HIM
4. What has become of Silver at the end of the novel?
HE ESCAPES FROM THE CUSTODY OF THE CREW; NO ONE KNOWS WHAT BECOMES OF HIM
5. What does Hawkins admit to Long John Silver?
HE WAS THE ONE WHO LEARNED OF THE PLANNED MUTINY
6. How does Hawkins acquire the treasure map?
HAWKINS FINDS IT WHEN HE GOES THROUGH BONES'S SEA CHEST
7. What action does Hawkins personally take against the "Hispaniola"?
HE FREES THE ANCHOR, SETTING THE SHIP ADRIFT
8. Why won't Hawkins run away with the doctor?
HE HAS GIVEN SILVER HIS WORD AND WILL REMAIN HIS PRISONER
9. What does Hawkins discover about the seemingly-amiable Long John Silver?
HE IS PLANNING A MUTINY
10. Who is the author of the novel "Treasure Island"?
ROBERT STEVENSON
11. 2. When was the novel "Treasure Island" first published?
1883
12. 3. What is the name of the main character of 'Treasure Island"?
JIM HAWKINS
13. 4. What was the name of the ship mentioned in "Treasure Island "?
HISPANIOLA
14. 5. Who is John Silver?
THE COOK
15. 6. What is the name of a doctor in the novel?
DAVID LIVESEY
16. 7. What was the name of the pirate who had hidden treasure on the island?
FLINT
17. 8. Who sponsored the expedition?
JOHN TRELAWNY
18. 9. Who sang the song "Fifteen men on the dead man's chest"?
BEN GUNN
19. 10. Who killed John Silver?
ТОM
1. What was the name of the old inn, kept by Jim Hawkins' father, in which the first part of the book
takes place?
The correct answer was Admiral Benbow
First belonging to his father, the Admiral Benbow was later in the hands of Jim Hawkins and his
mother after his father had died.
2. What was Captain Flint's first name?
The correct answer was John
His name is John Flint.
3. What caused Jim's father to die?
The correct answer was illness
The book states that Jim's father was ill. He got weaker and weaker until ultimately he died.
4. Where did the gold that was buried on "Treasure Island" initially come from?
The correct answer was Porto Bello
Just like the title of the prequel says: "Porto Bello Gold".
The gold was taken from a Spanish ship after it took off from Porto Bello.
5. Who inflicted the scar (sabre cut) across Bill Bones' cheek?
The correct answer was Robert Ormerod
Robert Ormerod was the nephew of the pirate captain who raided the Spanish gold. He got in a fight
on the "Walrus" with Bill Bones. He cut Bones' cheek with a knife.
6. Who was first mate on the ship that sailed Jim and the others from Bristol to Treasure Island?
The correct answer was Arrow
"Mr. Arrow", as he was called, was first mate on the "Hispañola" until one night he vanished and
was never seen or heard from again.
7. Jim Hawkins got entangled in a fight after cutting the anchor rope on the "Hispañola". With
whom?
Your Answer: Israel Hands
It was Israel Hands who Jim shot, after he'd been discovered aboard the ship.
8. Who was in command of the boat on which Jim went from the "Hispañola" to the island?
The correct answer was Anderson
Jim Hawkins volunteered to leave the ship and set foot on the island. The boat on which he left was
under the command of Anderson.
(This is a minor detail; you really need to read the book closely for this one!)
9. When John Silver, Jim Hawkins, and the rest got closer to the treasure, they found a skeleton.
According to John Silver, whose skeleton was it?
The correct answer was Allardyce's
John Silver recognized Allardyce by the long bones and the yellow hair.
10. Who was the captain of the ship that raided the treasure from the Spanish at first?
The correct answer was Captain Rip-Rap
This also appears in the prequel story. Rip-Rap worked together with Flint, but he was the one who
took the treasure from the Spanish ship.
11. On what part of the island was the treasure initially buried?
The correct answer was Spy-glass Hill
If you take a look at one of the maps of Treasure Island, you will see that the bulk of treasure was
buried on the south side of Spy-glass Hill.

12. What was "the Dead Man's Chest"?

The correct answer was an island
The subject of the old pirate song was actually an island, as the prequel tells us.
13. Where did Flint die?
Your Answer: Savannah
John Silver tells the crew Flint died in Savannah of rum. He was there with Flint, Bones, and the
others at the time.
14. How many men did Flint kill on the island while there to bury the treasure?
The correct answer was 6
Flint left the "Walrus" to bury the treasure with Allardyce and five others. Only Flint returned. The
six sailors had all been killed.
15. Skeleton Island was _______ of the island.
Your Answer: South
Again, take a look at the map!
16. John Silver had a nickname. What was it? (This one's easy...)
The correct answer was "Barbecue"
John Silver was the ship's cook on the Walrus and was famed for his grilled meat.
17. Where was Jim hiding when he accidentally overheard Silver's conspiracy plans?
The correct answer was in an apple barrel
Strangely enough, they did have fresh apples aboard the schooner!
18. How did Blind Pew die?
The correct answer was He was run over by a horse
Abandoned by his mates, Pew tripped as he tried to run and was accidentally run over by a horse just
in front of the inn.
19. Why did Jim keep nothing back but the bearings of the island in his journal?
The correct answer was because there was still treasure to be lifted
This was taken from the first few lines of the book.
20. And now the final question: (This one's really really easy...)
What was the name of Flint's ship?
The correct answer was "Walrus"
 Everyone who read the book should know this one!

1. What does the old sailor staying at the Admiral Benbow inn hire Jim to act as?

 Personal cook
 Personal lookout
 Personal accountant

 Personal cleaner

2. The sailor who hires Jim tells him to look out for a ___ man.

 One-legged
 Scarred

 Mysterious

 Giant

3. What happens to Billy Bones as he is attempting to kill Black Dog with his sword?

 He loses his courage

 He suffers a stroke
 He has a revelation

 Someone else kills him

4. Who dies on the night that the ill Billy Bones first mentions his sea chest?

 Jim's father
 Captain Flint
 Long John Silver

 Billy Bones

5.What does Billy Bones read that precipitates his fatal stroke?

 A wooden tablet

 His wife's letter

 A black spot
 Flint's journal

6.What does Jim’s father do for a living?

 He is a farmer

 He is a banker
 He is an innkeeper
 He is a lawyer

7.Why does Billy give Jim money each month?

 To shine his boots

 To bring him rum

 To be on the lookout for Billy’s enemy
 To guard his map

8. Where is Billy when he receives the black spot?

 On the road
 In the inn
 On the ship

 At the squire’s house

9.In what century is Treasure Island set?

 Seventeenth
 Eighteenth
 Nineteenth
 Twentieth

10.What is Pew’s most noticeable physical feature?

 His blindness
 His lameness

 His leprosy

 His deafness

11.To whom does Jim first show the map?

 Pew

 His father

 Captain Smollett
 Dr. Livesey

12.What is Long John Silver’s original job on the ship?

 Captain
 Cook
 First mate

 Doctor

13.Where is Jim when he overhears Silver’s plans for mutiny?

 In the wine cellar

 In an apple barrel
 In the washroom

 In the stockade

14.Where does Jim encounter Ben Gunn?

 On the ship

 In the stockade

 At the pirates’ camp

 In the woods
 15.What does Jim hunt for after leaving Captain Smollett in the stockade?

 Treasure

 Rum

 Medicine
 A boat

16.How does Jim move the ship away from the pirate camp?

 He cuts it adrift
 He sails it at night

 He bribes the crew

 He pulls it with his boat

17.What is the name of Long John Silver’s parrot?

 Cap’n Flint
 Cap’n Hook

 Cap’n Billy

 Cap’n Morgan

18.Who is the first to discover Flint’s treasure on the island?

 Silver

 Jim
 Ben Gunn
 Livesey

19.How does Ben Gunn frighten the pirates?

 By putting spiders in their beds

 By imitating the dead Flint’s voice
 By telling them their rum supply has run out

 By telling them the treasure map is a hoax

20.Who interrupts Jim’s narration to tell the story for a while?

 Smollett
 Silver

 Trelawney
 Livesey

21.Whom does Jim fight on the ship when he sneaks on board?

 Israel Hands
 Tom Redruth

 Long John Silver

 Arrow

22.When the treasure was initially discovered, where was it taken immediately after its
excavation?

 To the ship

 To the stockade
 To a cave
 To the river

23.Why does Silver visit Smollett in the stockade?

 To make a truce
 To extort money

 To take a hostage

 To fetch medicine

24.When the pirates hand Silver a black spot toward the end of the novel, what is its message?

 That Silver has one day to find the treasure

 That Silver has been deposed
 That Silver will be executed

 That Silver will be marooned

25.Which of the following characters does Silver take hostage?

 Ben
 Smollett

 Livesey
 Jim

26.How does Billy Bones die?

 Silver kills him

 From a stroke
 From gangrene

 He is hanged for piracy

27.What does Hispaniola signify in the novel?

 The name of the island

 The name of Silver’s wife

 The name of the ship
 The name of the inn

28.What is the last clue guiding the pirates to the treasure site?

 A skeleton
 A mark on a tree

 An overturned chest

 An unfurled flag

29.What happens to Silver at the end of the novel?

 He is hanged

 He is marooned on the island

 He returns to England
 He steals some of the treasure and sneaks away

30.What flag does Smollett fly over the stockade?

 The White Cross

 The Jolly Roger

 The Union Jack
 The Green Moon