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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 9.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. One of the twins asks the other if he remembers what character from school in Chapter 6: “Beast from Air”?
(a) “Old Wizard.”
(b) “Old Waxy.”
(c) “Old Potters.”
(d) “Old Gremlin.”

2. Who is the only boy that is helping Ralph build the shelters in Chapter 3: “Huts on the Beach”?
(a) Jack.
(b) Henry.
(c) Johnny.
(d) Simon.

3. As the big boys set out to hunt down the beast in Chapter 6: “Beast from Air,” the narrator states, “This day promised, like the others, to be a sunbath under” what?
(a) “A blue dome.”
(b) “A parched sky.”
(c) “A violent sky.”
(d) “A red dome.”

4. Who suggests at the impromptu meeting in Chapter 6: “Beast from Air,” “Couldn’t we—kind of—stay here? Maybe the beast won’t come near us”?
(a) Piggy.
(b) Jack.
(c) Bill.
(d) Phil.

5. In Chapter 3: “Huts on the Beach,” the narrator states, “The silence of the forest was more oppressive than” what?
(a) “The danger.”
(b) “The heat.”
(c) “The permanence.”
(d) “The isolation.”

Short Answer Questions

1. Of the twins, the narrator says in Chapter 6: “Beast from Air” that “they could never manage to do things sensibly if that meant” what?

2. What word used in Chapter 3: “Huts on the Beach” refers to a downward slope of ground?

3. What does Ralph tell Piggy is “the only thing to do” in Chapter 9: “A View to a Death”?

4. Between what two characters is there a developing conflict that is foreshadowed in Chapter 3: “Huts on the Beach”?

5. The word “leviathan” that is used in Chapter 6: “Beast from Air” refers to what?

(see the answer key)

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