Tarwater: Unit 8: Treasure Island: Chapter 5: The Man on the Island Quiz

1. What is Treasure Island like?

• dull and filled with many fields covered with grass and rocks
• heavily populated with people living in small villages
• fascinating and full of swampy plants, trees, and snakes
• small and covered in sand with a single palm tree

2. What does Jim observe Long John Silver do?

• hurt a man who refuses to participate in the mutiny
• dig up the buried treasure and place it in small sacks
• build a small fort on top of Spyglass Hill
• take a nap under a large tree

3. Who is Ben Gunn?

• a member of the crew who agrees to be part of the mutiny
• the father of Captain Flint
• Long John Silver's brother, who lived on the island
• an Englishman who has been marooned on the island for three years

4. What has Gunn been eating on the island?

• cheese and crackers
• snakes and birds
• goats, berries, and oysters
• fish and crabs

5. Ben Gunn says he is....

• poor and stuck in his ways
• poor and a changed man
• rich and stuck in his ways
• rich and a changed man

6. According to Ben Gunn, what happened after Flint buried his treasure on the island?

• He made a map and handed a copy to every member of the crew.
• He returned alone, and the men who helped him were all dead.
• He made a map and put it inside of a bottle.
• He disguised himself so no one would know where to find him.

7. How did Ben Gunn end up marooned on Treasure Island?

• His ship crashed on the island in a storm.
• His old crew mates left him there after they couldn't find the treasure.
• He escaped Captain Flint's ship and swam to the island.
• Captain Flint left him there to guard the treasure.

8. What does Jim notice when talking to Ben Gunn?

• a Union Jack in a stockade and a Union Jack on the Hispaniola
• a Jolly Roger in a stockade and a Union Jack on the Hispaniola
• a Union Jack in a stockade and a Jolly Roger on the Hispaniola
• a Jolly Roger in a stockade and a Jolly Roger on the Hispaniola

9. What happened on the Hispaniola while Jim was away?

• the crewmen started fighting so the others left the ship and went to the stockade
• the crewman left the ship and went to the stockade when the Squire and Doctor started to fight
• pirates from another ship came and took over the Hispaniola so they had to go to the stockade

10. What do the doctor and Jim discuss about Ben Gunn?

• that Ben Gunn might not be sane
• that Ben Gunn is probably working with Long John Silver
• that Ben Gunn can definitely be trusted
• that Ben Gunn is probably Captain Flint in disguise