Final Review

Question 1

the narrator of the story; young boy

Answer 1

Jim Hawkins

Question 2

the doctor who tends to Jim’s father; confronts the captain

Answer 2

Dr. Livesay

Question 3

the old seaman with a scar on his cheek who lodges at the inn

Answer 3

the captain/ Billy Bones

Question 4

a seaman missing two fingers; looking for Bill at the inn

Answer 4

Black Dog

Question 5

Who or what caused the death of the captain/ Bill Bones?

Answer 5

the black spot

Question 6

the name that carried a great weight of terror with the people

Answer 6

Captain Flint

Question 7

the blind beggar

Answer 7

Pew

Question 8

intimidating

Answer 8

formidable

Question 9

What did Jim think the beggar and his men were looking for at the inn?

Answer 9

Flint’s fist

Question 10

landowner who finances the treasure hunt

Answer 10

Squire Trelawney

Question 11

“I’ll be as silent as the grave.”

Answer 11

Trelawney

Question 12

the elderly gamekeeper at the Hall, temporarily in charge of Jim

Answer 12

Tom Redruth

Question 13

the tall, strong, one-legged sailor hired as a cook for the crew

Answer 13

Long John Silver

Question 14

an old sailor who was drinking with Black Dog in the tavern

Answer 14

Tom Morgan

Question 15

merriment, amusement, laughter

Answer 15

mirth

Question 16

“You’re as smart as paint.”

Answer 16

Long John Silver (to Jim)

Question 17

What was Jim’s overall impression of Long John Silver after meeting him?

Answer 17

Jim felt comfortable with Silver.

Question 18

sharp-looking captain of the Hispaniola; disliked by the squire

Answer 18

Captain Smollet

Question 19

the ship’s mate; brown old sailor; friends with the squire

Answer 19

Arrow

Question 20

Who did the squire call “unmanly, unsailory, and downright un-English”?

Answer 20

Captain Smollett

Question 21

the coxswain; experienced seaman; confidant of Silver

Answer 21

Israel Hands

Question 22

to seize in a grip, take hold of

Answer 22

grapple

Question 23

deceitfulness in speech or conduct

Answer 23

duplicity

Question 24

Why did the squire, doctor, and captain feel Jim could help them move than anyone else?

Answer 24

The crew was open with Jim.

Question 25

uneasy feeling; apprehension

Answer 25

qualm

Question 26

to free or release from entaglement to disengage

Answer 26

extricate

Question 27

Who was the victim of "The First Blow"?

Answer 27

Alan

Question 28

marooned on the island for three years; former member of Flint's crew

Answer 28

Ben Gunn

Question 29

one of the ship's crew; joins up with the captain and his men

Answer 29

Abraham Gray

Question 30

"I know you are a good man at bottom, and I daresay not one of the lot of you's as bad as he makes out."

Answer 30

Smollett (to Gray)

Question 31

yielding; acceptance; submission

Answer 31

acquiescence

Question 32

What did Captain Smollett insist on doing?

Answer 32

hanging the British flag

Question 33

What was the group's "best hope" for survival?

Answer 33

killing all the mutineers

Question 34

heartless; indifferent

Answer 34

callous

Question 35

certainly; incapable of erring

Answer 35

infalliby

Question 36

a conscious choice or decision; will

Answer 36

volition

Question 37

How did Jim find out that the coxswain was planning to kill him?

Answer 37

Jim saw him hide a knife in his coat.

Question 38

What weakness in Jim was almost his downfall?

Answer 38

cockiness

Question 39

made angry; enraged

Answer 39

incensed

Question 40

"The laugh's on my side; I've had the top of this business from the first."

Answer 40

Jim

Question 41

buccaneer with yellow eyes; accuses Silver of ruining the trip

Answer 41

George Merry

Question 42

the elementary stages of any subject, "ABCs"

Answer 42

rudiments

Question 43

"There is a kind of fate in this."

Answer 43

Dr. Livesey (to Jim)

Question 44

"... we'll save our necks in spite of fate and fortune."

Answer 44

Silver (to Jim)

Question 45

What was Flint's pointer?

Answer 45

a pirate's skeleton

Question 46

"Fetch aft the fum, Darby!"

Answer 46

Flint's last words

Question 47

a failure to carry out one's obligations, neglect

Answer 47

dereliction

Question 48

"But the dead men, sir, hang about your neck like millstones."

Answer 48

the squire (to Silver)

Question 49

Whose was theh voice the pirates heard?

Answer 49

Benn Gunn

Question 50

"You're the man to keep your word, we know that."

Answer 50

Dr. Livesey (to Silver)

Question 51

What became of Silver?

Answer 51

He escaped with a sack of coins.

Question 52

Who wasted his share of the treasure?

Answer 52

Ben Gunn