Treasure Island Quiz
Questions: 16 · 10 minutes
1. What position does Long John Silver hold when the Hispaniola begins its voyage?
First mate
Quartermaster appointed by Captain Smollett
Cabin boy
Ship’s cook
2. Besides being a physician, what public role does Dr. Livesey hold?
Magistrate
Harbor master
Naval admiral
Customs officer
3. Why does Captain Smollett’s loyal party occupy the island’s stockade?
It marks the exact site where Flint buried the treasure
It provides the only route back to the Hispaniola
It contains written evidence against Silver
It offers a defensible position with shelter and access to water
4. Why is Captain Smollett uneasy about the voyage before the mutiny is exposed?
He believes the island does not exist
Dr. Livesey refuses to bring medical supplies
The treasure map lacks any recognizable landmarks
Too many crew members know the secret purpose and destination
5. Which description best explains why Long John Silver is especially dangerous to Jim’s group?
He owns the island and can legally expel the expedition
He combines a friendly manner with persuasive, calculating leadership
He secretly replaces Captain Smollett before departure
He is the only person able to read the treasure map
6. At the beginning of the novel, where does Jim Hawkins live and work with his parents?
The Spy-glass tavern
The Admiral Benbow inn
The stockade on Treasure Island
Squire Trelawney’s country house
7. What happens to Long John Silver near the end of the novel?
He becomes captain of the Hispaniola for the return voyage
He remains marooned with the surviving mutineers
He slips away at a port with a bag of money
He is taken to England and immediately tried for piracy
8. What is the name of the ship that carries the expedition toward Treasure Island?
The Walrus
The Hispaniola
The Jolly Roger
The Admiral Benbow
9. Pirates deliver the black spot to Billy Bones. What does it signify in this context?
A formal pirate warning or judgment against him
Proof that its bearer commands the crew
A request to join another ship immediately
An offer to divide hidden treasure peacefully
10. While Jim tries to regain control of the Hispaniola, who attacks him after pretending to cooperate?
Ben Gunn
Abraham Gray
Israel Hands
Squire Trelawney
11. Silver’s party reaches the marked treasure site but finds it empty. What best explains this reversal?
Ben Gunn had uncovered and carried it away earlier
Jim secretly moved it after taking the Hispaniola
Captain Flint had buried the treasure on another island
The map was a counterfeit planted by Billy Bones
12. What important object is found among Billy Bones’s possessions after his death?
Ben Gunn’s written confession
The Hispaniola’s official logbook
A pardon signed by the king
Captain Flint’s treasure map
13. When Jim meets Ben Gunn, which discovery later proves most important to the expedition?
Ben Gunn has repaired Flint’s old ship
Ben Gunn has already found and relocated most of the treasure
Ben Gunn possesses a second, more accurate map
Ben Gunn knows that Captain Flint is still alive
14. Billy Bones repeatedly asks Jim to watch for which feared figure?
A one-legged seafaring man
A blind man carrying a cane
A sailor with a missing hand
A captain with a scarred face
15. Who narrates most of Treasure Island?
Long John Silver
Dr. Livesey
Jim Hawkins
Squire Trelawney
16. During the outbreak of mutiny, which crewman leaves the pirates and joins Captain Smollett’s loyal group?
George Merry
Israel Hands
Abraham Gray
Job Anderson