Treasure Island—Chapters 29-34

Chapter 29: “The Black Spot Again”

1. Where do the pirates get the paper to make the black spot?

2. What does Long John Silver say about their having cut up a Bible?

3. How does Long John Silver convince the conspirators that they still want him for
captain?

Chapter 30: "On Parole"

1. Why does Doctor Livesey come to take care of the enemy pirates?

2. Why does Jim return to Long John Silver instead of running for it, as the doctor
suggests?

3. What advice does the doctor give Silver before he leaves the stockade?

Chapter 31: “Flint’s Pointer”

1. What does the title of this chapter mean? What is Flint's pointer?

2. What do the mutineers begin to worry about after they find the skeleton?

3. What does Jim mean when he says that Silver has "a foot in either camp"?

Chapter 32: “The Voice Among the Trees”

1. How do the pirates react to the voice singing "Fifteen men on the dead man's chest"?

2. How does Silver convince them that the voice is not that of a spirit?

3. What is inside the excavation?

Chapter 33: “The Fall of a Chieftan”

1. Why is this chapter called "The Fall of a Chieftain?” Who is the chieftain? In what
scene does he fall?

2. Why had the doctor given Silver the map?

3. Why had the squire's party wanted to leave the stockade?

4. How does Long John change once they discover that the treasure is already gone?

5. Why had the doctor not made arrangements for Jim when they left the stockade?

6. Why does Silver say he has he come to Ben Gunn's cave?

Chapter 34: “And Last”

1. How do the men treat Long John Silver while they move the treasure to the ship?

2. What happens to the three pirates left alive?

3. How does Silver get away?

4. What does Ben Gunn do with his thousand pounds?

5. What are Jim's feelings about the possibility of returning to Treasure Island for the bar
silver?