Treasure Island: Chapter 9: The Adventure Comes to an End Quiz

1. Why do many of the pirates suddenly want to turn back?

• because they see a rescue ship in the distance
• because the treasure is protected by a large tiger
• because Jim convinces the pirates that someone is following them
• because the pirates think they hear the ghost of Captain Flint

2. What does Jim see in Long John Silver's face as they approach where the treasure is buried?

• sorrow at having become a pirate
• that the promise Silver made to Jim has been forgotten
• confusion that somebody built a mysterious house there
• that Silver will certainly share most of the treasure with Jim

3. How does Long John Silver react to the treasure already being found?

• with anger, and he begins to shout at his men
• with quick thoughts, and he tells Jim to stand by for trouble
• with fear, and worries Captain Flint's ghost might be near
• with peace, and he tells Jim money can't buy happiness anyways

4. What does Jim whisper to Long John Silver before they are saved by Gray, Livesey, and Ben Gunn?

• "So now you're on my side again?"
• "I know where the treasure is."
• "Maybe we're in the wrong place."

5. Where is the treasure?

• safely aboard the rescue ship, and Captain Smollett took it there
• in a cave, and Ben Gunn took it there a long time ago
• back in the stockade, and Long John Silver knew it was there all along
• there never was a treasure

6. Why did Dr. Livesey give Long John Silver the map?

• because he knew the treasure was safe and they could ambush Silver
• because he knew there was no treasure on the island
• because he knew Long John Silver did not have a compass
• because he knew the map he gave Long John Silver was a fake

7. Which choices below best describes the treasure?

• bags and bags of paper money
• guineas, doubloons, moidores, and sequins with pictures of past kings
• oriental pieces stamped with what looked like pieces of spider webs
• gold and silver plates and lamps
• round pieces, square pieces, and ones with holes in the middle

8. After leaving the last three mutineers behind on the island where do Jim and the others go?

• immediately back home to send Long John Silver to jail
• to a port in South America that has smiling faces and tropical fruit
• to the nearest port so they can put all of the treasure in the bank
• to another island marked on Captain Flint's map

9. What happens to Long John Silver in the end?

• He purchases his own ship to go search for more treasure.
• He is taken to a judge and sentenced to death for his crimes.
• He escapes with some of the treasure with the help of Ben Gunn.
• He marries Jim's mother, and he becomes a stepfather to Jim.

10. What do we learned about Jim at the end of the chapter?

• He decides to become a pirate like Long John Silver.
• He foolishly spends his share of the treasure in only nineteen days.
• He becomes a famous adventurer who finds the other lost treasures.
• He receives a share of the treasure and sometimes has bad dreams.