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 TOPICS AND QUESTIONS FOR STUDY

Under what circumstances was this book written? See Introduction, p. 14.

PART I

1. 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?

2. Why did he fear such a man as Dr. Livesey?

3. Does “the sea-faring man with one leg” set you won- dering?

4. 4. What hint does the story of ‘Black Dog’s”’ meeting with the “Captain” give you?

5. What was the ‘“‘Captain’s”’ real name? Why was he in hiding?

6. By what means is the blind man made terrible? Why did Bones fear him?

7. What was “the black spot’’?

8. Which of the events that followed Bones’s death do you think most exciting?

9. Why were the country people afraid to come to the Inn?

10. What things did the dead seaman’s box contain? What article in it was of most importance?

11. Why did Jim carry the papers to Dr. Livesey? What did they contain?

12. What scheme did Dr. Livesey and Squire Trelawney hit upon?

13. From the reference to Bristol, in what part of England do you think these events took place

14. Retell the principal incidents of Part I orally or in writing.

PART II

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2. Why was Jim so excited over the coming voyage?

3. What indiscreet thing had the Squire done at the outset?