Chapter 27 "Pieces of Eight'
Jim is captured here after returning from the ship.
What is the stockade?
Jim is surprised to find the pirates in this condition when he enters the stockade.
What is injured / sick / discouraged?
300 – The doctor forgives Jim for abandoning his post because he accomplished this significant task.
What is taking back the Hispaniola?
The men believe the voice belongs to this dead pirate.
Who is Captain Flint?
The pirates discover that the treasure site holds only this.
What are empty holes / no treasure?
The pirates are asleep when Jim enters because they were celebrating this discovery.
What is the capture of the stockade / temporary victory?
Jim learns that the doctor and his group left the stockade for this strategic reason.
What is to give the pirates the unhealthy ground so they’d weaken?
Dr. Livesey warns Jim about this danger related to Silver’s men.
What is their tempers / risk of mutiny?
Silver recognizes the voice as belonging to this person.
Who is Ben Gunn?
The treasure was secretly moved by this person.
Who is Ben Gunn?
Silver calls Jim by this nickname as he takes him prisoner.
What is “ship’s boy” (or “Hawkins”)?
Jim gives Silver this item to show honesty.
What is the map?
The pointer mentioned in the chapter title refers to this.
What is Flint’s skeleton pointing the way?
The pirates become fearful because the forest seems full of this.
What is supernatural danger/ghosts?
Silver helps defend Jim and the doctor by doing this during the pirate attack.
What is fighting the pirates?
Jim hears this parrot repeating “Pieces of eight!”
Who is Captain Flint (Silver’s parrot)?
100 – The black spot in this chapter is made from a page of this book.
What is the Bible?
The pirates grow frightened because they hear this eerie sound.
What is a voice that sounds like Flint’s (Ben Gunn’s imitation)?
Silver warns the men that Flint never did this to his enemies.
What is spare them / show mercy?
The remaining pirates eventually take this ship to leave the island.
What is the Hispaniola?
Silver tells the men he wants to spare Jim because Jim might help him obtain this.
What is the treasure / a safe bargain?
500 – The men withdraw the black spot because Silver presents this strong argument.
What is their situation is hopeless without him?
Silver reassures the men that the voice is not a ghost by citing this fact.
What is that ghosts don’t shout / can’t be heard like living men?
Silver uses this argument to continue the hunt despite the terror.
What is they’ve gone too far to turn back?
The treasure ultimately ends up divided between these people.
Who are the loyal crew / the honest men (not the mutineers)?