FIRST LANGUAGE ENGLISH - KSEEB - CLASS 10 - SUPPLEMENTARY - TREASURE ISLAND

 

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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? ‘

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.