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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 10.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who are described as “the smallest boys on the island” in Chapter 4: “Painted Faces and Long Hair”?
(a) Roger and Robert.
(b) Jack and Ralph.
(c) Henry and Simon.
(d) Percival and Johnny.

2. What does Jack say “doesn’t count at this end of the island” in Chapter 9: “A View to a Death”?
(a) “The conch.”
(b) “The stone.”
(c) “The king.”
(d) “The torch.”

3. 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) Correlation.
(b) Declivity.
(c) Mirage.
(d) Simile.

4. What word used in Chapter 4: “Painted Faces and Long Hair” refers to a warlike or aggressively hostile nature or attitude?
(a) Declivity.
(b) Mirage.
(c) Vicissitude.
(d) Belligerence.

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) Maurice.
(b) Johnny.
(c) Henry.
(d) Simon.

Short Answer Questions

1. How many of the boys raise their hands when Jack demands of them, “Who thinks Ralph oughtn’t to be chief?” in Chapter 8: “Gift for the Darkness”?

2. How old is Ralph said to be in Chapter 1: “The Sound of the Shell”?

3. What does Simon discover “the beast” to actually be in Chapter 9: “A View to a Death”?

4. Who cuts the sow’s neck with a knife in Chapter 8: “Gift for the Darkness”?

5. 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”?

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