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TREASURE ISLAND
TOPICS AND QUESTIONS FOR STUDY
Under what circumstances was this book written? See Introduction, p. 14.
PART I
- In what way is it made clear that the new guest of the
Admiral Benbow Inn was an unusual man? How is it suggested that he may have been a pirate? When do we know this defi-
nitely? - Why did he fear such a man as Dr. Livesey?
- Does “the sea-faring man with one leg” set you won- dering?
- 4. What hint does the story of ‘Black Dog’s”’ meeting with the “Captain” give you?
- What was the ‘“‘Captain’s”’ real name? Why was he in hiding?
- By what means is the blind man made terrible? Why did Bones fear him?
- What was “the black spot’’?
- Which of the events that followed Bones’s death do you think most exciting?
- Why were the country people afraid to come to the Inn?
- What things did the dead seaman’s box contain? What article in it was of most importance?
- Why did Jim carry the papers to Dr. Livesey? What did they contain?
- What scheme did Dr. Livesey and Squire Trelawney hit upon?
- From the reference to Bristol, in what part of England do you think these events took place
- Retell the principal incidents of Part I orally or in writing.
PART II
- Why was Jim so excited over the coming voyage?
- What indiscreet thing had the Squire done at the outset?
