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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 4.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What word does Piggy use in Chapter 4: “Painted Faces and Long Hair” to refer to images that appeared on the horizon and then disappeared as the boys watched?
(a) Mirage.
(b) Declivity.
(c) Correlation.
(d) Simile.

2. Who suggests the boys use Piggy’s glasses to start the fire in Chapter 2: “Fire on the Mountain”?
(a) Henry.
(b) Jack.
(c) Piggy.
(d) Johnny.

3. What color hair is Simon said to have in Chapter 3: “Huts on the Beach”?
(a) Blonde.
(b) Red.
(c) Brown.
(d) Black.

4. One of the rules that Ralph establishes at the meeting in Chapter 2: “Fire on the Mountain” is that no one may speak at the meetings unless he is holding what?
(a) The spear.
(b) The stone.
(c) The staff.
(d) The shell.

5. What is the name of the first little boy that arrives from the jungle when Ralph blows on the shell in Chapter 1: “The Sound of the Shell”?
(a) Johnny.
(b) Henry.
(c) Maurice.
(d) Simon.

Short Answer Questions

1. What weapons have Jack and the choir boys devised for hunting game on the island in Chapter 3: “Huts on the Beach”?

2. What does the boy with the birthmark first call “the beastie” in Chapter 2: “Fire on the Mountain”?

3. When the boys are trying to figure out how to light a fire in Chapter 2: “Fire on the Mountain,” who says, “You make a bow and spin the arrow”?

4. Which of the littluns does Roger follow to the beach and begin throwing stones at in Chapter 4: “Painted Faces and Long Hair”?

5. What word used in Chapter 3: “Huts on the Beach” is an adjective indicating that something is under the surface?

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