Treasure Island Ch.B-40: The Treasure

When the men were out with their shovels looking for the treasure, they heard a loud cry.  One of the men had found

• a beautiful bird.
• the bones of a dead man.
• the treasure chest.
• the Hispaniola.

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Silver said that what they found was

• Flint's idea of a joke.
• very silly.
• really terrible.
• something to worry about.

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The men were afraid, so they stayed close together.  They are just about to eat, when 

• it started to rain.
• the fire went out.
• it was time to go home.
• a voice came singing out from the trees.

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The men were sure what they heard was Flint, a dead man.  What they really heard was

• the ship's bells.
• a monkey.
• Ben Gunn.
• a bird.

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When Silver and his men found the spot where the treasure was buried,

• they found the chest.
• they found fifteen men.
• they found many animals.
• they found that someone had already taken the treasure.

The pirates thought that silver and Jim had tricked them.  The pirates are about to go after them when, just in time,

• the police came.
• Jim and Silver ran.
• Ben Gunn and Dr. Livesay saved them.
• Jim and Silver swam out to the Hispaniola.

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Who had the treasure?

• Ben Gunn.
• Jim's mother.
• Long John Silver.
• Israel Hands.

Ben Gunn probably helped Silver get away because

• Silver gave him money.
• Silver wanted to go home on his own.
• Ben Gunn did not trust Silver.
• Ben Gunn wanted the treasure for himself.

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Another name for this story could be

• "Ben Gunn And The Chest."
• "Silver's Men."
• "The Cave."
• "No Treasure."

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This story is mainly about

• what happened to the treasure.
• what happened to the Hispaniola.
• what happened to Silver.
• what happened on the way back home.

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