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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 7.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. When Jack suggests that “the castle” would make an excellent fort in Chapter 6: “Beast from Air,” this is an example of what literary technique?
(a) Foreshadowing.
(b) Religious allusion.
(c) Onomatopoeia.
(d) Interrogation.

2. What does the word “vicissitude” mean, as used in Chapter 3: “Huts on the Beach”?
(a) A betrayal of principles.
(b) A change or variation.
(c) Savagery.
(d) A gathering of people.

3. Who says that the boys can’t go start a fire on the mountain because they don’t have the spectacles in Chapter 7: “Shadows and Tall Trees”?
(a) Roger.
(b) Jack.
(c) Maurice.
(d) Robert.

4. Who acts as Ralph’s witness that he hit the boar with the spear in Chapter 7: “Shadows and Tall Trees,” saying “I saw you. Right bang on his snout—Wheee!”?
(a) Sam.
(b) Jack.
(c) Maurice.
(d) Piggy.

5. Which of the older boys leads the way through the sand castles, kicking them over and laughing, in Chapter 4: “Painted Faces and Long Hair”?
(a) Simon.
(b) Maurice.
(c) Roger.
(d) Robert.

Short Answer Questions

1. What ocean is described as surrounding the island in Chapter 4: “Painted Faces and Long Hair”?

2. In Ralph’s memory in Chapter 7: “Shadows and Tall Trees,” he recalls following his father from Chatham to where?

3. What is the name of the littlun that the narrator describes crawling into a shelter and staying there for two days, “talking, singing, and crying, till they thought him batty and were faintly amused” in Chapter 4: “Painted Faces and Long Hair”?

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

5. What color is the cliff of rock that forms the side of the castle described as in Chapter 6: “Beast from Air”?

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