Treasure Island - Chapter 31 Comprehension Quiz

“Dead—aye, sure enough he’s dead and gone below,” said the fellow with the bandage; “but if ever sperrit walked, it would be Flint’s. Dear heart, but he died bad, did Flint!” “Aye, that he did,” observed another; “now he raged, and now he hollered for the rum, and now he sang. ‘Fifteen Men’ were his only song, mates; and I tell you true, I never rightly liked to hear it since. It was main hot, and the windy was open, and I hear that old song comin’ out as clear as clear—and the death-haul on the man already.” “Come, come,” said Silver; “stow this talk. He’s dead, and he don’t walk, that I know; leastways, he won’t walk by day, and you may lay to that. Care killed a cat. Fetch ahead for the doubloons.” We started, certainly; but in spite of the hot sun and the staring daylight, the pirates no longer ran separate and shouting through the wood, but kept side by side and spoke with bated breath. The terror of the dead buccaneer had fallen on their spirits.

Vocabulary: In the sentence, “Even these bore trace of the drunken folly of the pirates, one in a broken thwart, and both in their muddy and unbailed condition,” what does the word “thwart” mean here?

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What is the main idea of this chapter?

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Inference: “Even Silver, eating away, with Captain Flint upon his shoulder, had not a word of blame for their recklessness. And this the more surprised me, for I thought he had never shown himself so cunning as he did then.” What can be inferred from this passage?

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Theme connection: “I’ll take him in a line when we go treasure-hunting, for we’ll keep him like so much gold, in case of accidents...” Which theme from Treasure Island does this quote most strongly connect to?

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