Treasure Island by Robert Louis Stevenson

Chapters 1-3
What could the captain have/know that so many people want?  Would killing him get them what they want?

Vocabulary:
connoisseur (4)
civility (11)
basin (18)
fawning (14)
swoon (24)

Chapters 4-5
How well did the pirates raid go?  Did they get what they wanted?  What are Jim's options now?

Vocabulary:
embolden (32)
repugnance (34)
obstinent (36)
audible (41)
deplore (44)

Chapters 6-7
What clues do we have that this voyage will perhaps not go well?  What do we know of Long John Silver?

Vocabulary:
condescending (48)
atrocious (49)
ambiguity (52)
trifle (61)
lament (64)

Chapters 8-10
We are told there is treachery to happen, the captain  thinks so as well.  What will happen?  Who will act?

Vocabulary:
dexterity (68)
mirth (72)
ignorant (77)
mutiny (79)
solemn (88)

Chapters 11-13
How are the mutinous crew expecting to find the treasure?  Who is their ringleader?

Vocabulary:
rogue (92)
avowed (101)
duplicity (101)
foliage (111)
melancholy (111)

Chapters 14-15
Why was Billy Gunn marooned?  How did Flint get his treasure buried secretly?

Vocabulary:
simultaneous (120)
extricate (123)
marooned (127)
pious (128)
interval (133)

Chapters 16-17
Why did the doctor's party leave the ship for the stockade?

Vocabulary:
dysentery (137)
laden (141)
scuffle (143)
priming (147)
ebb (148)

Chapters 18-19
What do you think Jim means when he says, "we had two able allies - rum and climate."?

Vocabulary:
reverently (153)
enclosure (154)
detour (159)
sentry (162)

Chapters 20-21
How did the battle end up?  Was it worth the sacrifice for John Silver?

Vocabulary:
placid (165)
desertion (166)
embers (174)
assailant (179)
unheeded (180)

Chapters 22-23
Why does Jim want to cut the Hispanola free?  Where will this leave everyone afterwards?

Vocabulary:
scheme (188)
repulse (191)
buoyant (193)
callous (196)
stupor (199)

Chapters 24-25
How does Jim retake the Hispanola?  Do you think he will be able to hold it against the pirates?

Vocabulary:
subside (202)
heave (208)
ironically (210)
sparse (214)

Chapters 26-27
How does Jim overcome the coxswain Hand?  How is he planning to leave the island?

Vocabulary:
stranded (218)
prompt (224)
desist (228)
infamous (234)

Chapters 28-29
Why do you think the doctor gave Silver the map?  How dis Silver lose and regain his captainhood?

Vocabulary:
apprehension (239)
sneer (241)
gallows (244)
contempt (253)
insolence (254)

Chapters 30-31
What do you expect that they will find when they follow the map? (last prediction before the end of the book!)

Vocabulary:
notion (262)
forfeit (265)
perjury (267)
dissaray (275)

Chapters 32-34
How did Jim change through the course of this book?  Look back at the first chapter and reflect.

Vocabulary:
halt (85)
excavation (288)
leisurely (290)
contrast (301)