Supplementary
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TREASURE ISLAND
Robert
Louis Stevenson
Comprehension Questions
I. Answer briefly the following questions:
1) What was Admiral Benbow?
Ans: Admiral Benbow was an inn in a small bay in the West of England and
it was owned and run by Jim Hawkins and his parents.
2) Who was the guest who took up a room in
Admiral Benbow?
Ans: Billy, an old seaman was the guest who took up a room in Admiral
Benbow.
3) What was his cherished possession?
Ans: An old sea chest was his cherished possession.
4) Why did he give Jim four pence?
Ans: He gave Jim four pence because to keep an eye on any sailor who
came to the inn.
5) Why was Billy looking out to sea every
evening?
Ans: Billy was looking out to sea every evening because he was afraid of
pirates who were behind to steal his old sea chest and flee away.
6) Describe the encounter between Billy and
the mysterious seafaring man.
Ans: On a fine day a seafaring man came to inn and started to argue with
Billy and soon they fought furiously. The stranger wounded him and escaped from
that place leaving Billy on to the floor exhausted and was gasping for breath
after him.
7) What is the black spot?
Ans: The black spot was a pirate summons which would be issued to Billy
by the notorious Captain Flint’s crew.
8) What did Jim and his mother take from
Billy’s sea chest before they fled the inn?
Ans: Jim and his mother took just enough coins that Billy owed as rent
for staying at her inn and Jim took a bundle of papers rolled in oilcloth.
9) What important document did the bundle of
papers contain?
Ans: It was a treasure map showing where Captain Flint had buried his
booty.
10) Who did Jim give it to?
Ans: Jim had given the bundle of papers to the Squire and the doctor.
11) How did Blind Pew die?
Ans: Blind Pew and his pirates attacked on inn to steal Billy’s old sea
chest. When they thought to escape from that place, they were encountered by
revenue officers and Blind Pew was knocked down by them and he died.
12) What arrangement did squire Trelawney and
Dr. Livesey make for a voyage for treasure hunt?
Ans: The squire Trelawney went to Bristol, where he bought a fine
schooner called the Hispaniola and hired a Captain for the ship. The ship’s
cook was Long John Silver, a one legged sailor, who helped the Squire to hired
the crew.
13) There are two Captain Flints in the
story. Who are they?
Ans: The two Captain Flints in the story were, first one was old pirate
who hidden the booty and the other one was the parrot owned by Long John
Silver.
14) Who was nicknamed Barbecue? and why?
Ans: Long John Silver was nicknamed Barbecue because he acted as the
cook.
15) Why was Capt. Smollett unhappy?
Ans: Captain Smollett was unhappy because he had had no hand in choosing
his crew, and was unhappier still that everybody knew that they were seafaring
for booty.
16) What was John Silver’s treacherous plan?
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Ans: To kill the skipper, the squire and the doctor once the treasure
was found.
17) How did Jim come to know about it?
Ans: Jim was in the apple barrel on one evening when he was hungry to
eat an apple and he heard Long John Silver’s treacherous plan once the treasure
was found.
18) Why did Capt. Smollett say that the odds
were stacked against their survival?
Ans: Capt. Smollett said that the odds were stacked against their
survival because there were only seven loyal people out of the twenty six upon
whom he could rely.
19) How does Jim manage to escape to the
island?
Ans: Jim hid himself on the boat when the ship was at anchored and as
soon as the coast was clear, he ran for shelter to nearby undergrowth.
20) Who is Ben Gunn?
Ans: Ben Gunn was pirate, who had been on Captain Flint’s ship when
treasure was being buried. His shipmates left him marooned on the island when
they returned in search of booty.
21) Why and how was Ben left marooned on the
island?
Ans: Ben Gunn was left marooned on the island when he returned to island
when Ben had returned by another ship three years late to find the treasure,
but they couldn’t find it and his shipmates left him there.
22) Why did Capt. Smollett and others
consider the stockade an ideal place for them?
Ans: They thought that the stockade was as good as any other to make a
stand against the pirates. So, Capt. Smollett and others considered the
stockade an ideal place for them.
23) What was Sliver’s demand for a truce?
What was Capt. Smollett’s response?
Ans: Long John Silver offered to spare their lives if they gave him the
treasure map. But Cap. Smollett refused to do so and said that the pirate’s
word couldn’t be trusted at all.
24) What was the result of the attack of the
pirates on the stockade?
Ans: The pirates and the defenders fought rigorously. Pirates managed to
captive stockade. The defenders rushed outside and fought hand to hand. Some
pirates were killed and two of the defenders too died. At last Capt. Smollett
was wounded by the pirates.
25) What surprise awaited Jim when he
returned to the stockade?
Ans: Jim was surprised when he returned to the stockade. Long John
Silver and other pirates had taken away the treasure map and the doctor had
accepted defeat.
26) Give any two examples of Jim’s acts of
bravery.
Ans: The two examples of Jim’s acts of bravery were: Jim cut the ship’s
mooring ropes and set it adrift so that the pirates could not get back. Jim was
attacked by a pirate and he managed to aim his pistol and shoot his attacker
dead even though he was wounded.
27) On what condition was Silver willing, to
surrender to Capt. Smollett?
Ans: If Capt. Smollett would promise to be lenient with him then he was
willing to surrender.
28) Why did the pirates serve the black spot
on Silver?
Ans: The pirates served the black spot on Silver because the pirates
were very angry after losing so many men and being marooned.
29) Why had the doctor given the pirates the
stockade and the treasure map?
Ans: The doctor had given the pirates the stockade and the treasure map
because he realized that Ben Gunn had already found the treasure and taken it
to his cave, he also saw that the ship had vanished.
30) Why did the pirates accuse Silver and Jim
of treachery?
Ans: The pirates accused Silver and Jim of treachery because they did
not find the treasure and the place was dug up and someone had removed the
treasure.
31) Why did the captain want to sail to the
Spanish Americas?
Ans: They were shorthanded of men and they needed to take on more men
from there. So, the captain wanted to sail to the Spanish Americas.
32) What did Silver do at the end?
Ans: Long John Silver managed to flee away from the ship taking with him
400 coins at the end.
