Treasure Island 31-32

Ch 31: Describe Jim's impression of the mutineers over breakfast, including Silver.

• They are terribly wasteful with food and firewood, and Silver does not rebuke them for it.

• They are surprisingly kind to one another, but Silver is harsh.

• They refuse to eat because they don't want to run out of food. Silver ridicules them.

• None of these is correct.

Tags

CCSS.RI.11-12.9

CCSS.RI.9-10.9

CCSS.RI.K.6

CCSS.RL.11-12.9

CCSS.RL.9-10.9

Ch 31: How would you describe Silver's words to the men over breakfast?

• He is boastful, sharing with the the men how clever he is and how the mutineers will soon have the upper hand.

• He is doubtful about whether they can ever find Flint's treasure, even with the map.

• He is angry with the men, blaming them for all of their misfortunes.

• He is fearful of an attack at any moment from Captain Smollett's men.

Tags

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

Ch 31: What are Jim's doubts about Long John Silver

• He thinks Silver is a traitor and may betray his promises to the Doctor, changing his plans at any moment just to save his own neck from a hanging.

• He thinks Silver is a good man and would never break his promise to the Doctor.

• He thinks Silver is plotting to kill Jim to please the mutineers.

• None of these is correct.

Tags

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.3

CCSS.RL.6.6

CCSS.RL.7.6

CCSS.RL.8.6

Ch 31: What is confusing to Jim about his friends?

• He doesn't understand why they abandoned the block house, gave Silver the map, and why Livesey spoke a final warning to Silver

• He doesn't know why Smollett hasn't rescued Jim yet when he knew that the pirate were pledged to kill their enemies

• He's not sure if Ben Gunn is a traitor or not. He hasn't been seen in a while, and he did not seem to be in his right mind.

• Jim is afraid the good guys think he is dead and will sail away without him the first chance they get.

Tags

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.3

CCSS.RL.6.6

CCSS.RL.7.6

CCSS.RL.8.6

Ch 31: What problem do the mutineers encounter as they use Flint's chart to hunt the treasure?

• The chart is confusing especially when it refers to a "tall tree," because there are many tall trees, each leading in different directions.

• The red x's have worn off and they don't know where the treasure is buried.

• The chart requires the user to have a compass and no one has one.

• Half of the map is missing after the fight at the stockade.

Ch 31: What unusual discovery do the mutineers find as they proceed on their treasure hunt?

• The skeletal remains of one of Flint's men positioned so that it is pointing the way to the treasure.

• A cemetery containing a headstone engraved with the words "Captain James Flint."

• The cave where Ben Gunn lived for the past three years.

• None of these is correct.

Tags

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.5.7

CCSS.RL.6.9

Ch 31: How do the mutineers react to the unusual discovery on their way to find the treasure?

• They are shaken up by it and fear that the angry spirit of Flint may be hovering around them.

• They want to explore the ground around their discovery and see if they can find the store of silver.

• They are joyful and take it as a positive sign that they will be successful on their treasure hunt.

• None of these is correctd.

Ch 32: What terrifying event occurred that made the mutineers want to quit the treasure hunt?

• They hear a voice on the wind singing "16 Men on a Dead Man's Chest, Yo ho ho and a bottle of rum."

• They see a dried corpse swinging from a tree.

• They hear a beating heart coming from a cave in the hillside.

• None of these is true.

Tags

CCSS.RI.11-12.9

CCSS.RI.9-10.9

CCSS.RI.K.6

CCSS.RL.11-12.9

CCSS.RL.9-10.9

Ch 32: What do the men conclude when the voice on the wind repeatedly cries, "Darby M'Graw, fetch aft the rum"?

• They are convinced it is the ghost of Captain Flint because those were his last words before he died.

• They conclude that it is the spirit of Israel Hands calling for revenge.

• They think it is their imagination working because of their sickness and rum drinking.

• None of these is correct.

Tags

CCSS.RI.1.1

CCSS.RI.2.1

CCSS.RI.3.1

CCSS.RL.2.1

CCSS.RL.3.1

Ch 32: What does Silver tell the men that calms them down and motivates them to continue the treasure hunt?

• Spirit voices would not have an echo.

• There's no such thing as ghosts.

• Captain Flint's spirit would want them to find the treasure.

• None of these is correct.