Sample Answers by Samarpit Prakash Answer the following questions. a. Describe the expository scene of the story. Ans: Two friends, Evans and Hookers, reach the seashore of an island in a canoe following a map. They are in search of the treasure that is hidden in the forest a distance away from the bay. There are big mountains far beyond the forest, which stand like frozen waves in cloudlike texture. They are tired, hungry, and thirsty as they have been there with an unprovisioned canoe. Suddenly they discover a lagoon, a gap or stretched opening of saltwater on the shore. They go into the lagoon in search of fresh drinking water. b. What does the map look like and how do Evan and Hooker interpret it? Ans: The map looks like a rough piece of discoloured paper. It is creased by much folding and is almost on the verge of separation with discoloured fragments. They hardly understand the outlines on it because of the dim and unclear symbols. Evans points to the curved line and claims th