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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 2.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is Piggy’s answer when Ralph asks him in Chapter 1: “The Sound of the Shell,” “What’s your father?”
(a) “My dad is a carpenter.”
(b) “My dad’s dead.”
(c) “My dad is a butcher.”
(d) “My dad left us.”

2. 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) Maurice.
(c) Simon.
(d) Henry.

3. Which of the boys are thoughtful enough to bring leaves for the signal fire in Chapter 2: “Fire on the Mountain”?
(a) Henry and Maurice.
(b) Johnny and Percival.
(c) Sam and Eric.
(d) Simon and Peter.

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 staff.
(b) The stone.
(c) The shell.
(d) The spear.

5. When the choir assumes guardianship of the fire, what group within them is assigned fire-duty during the first week in Chapter 2: “Fire on the Mountain”?
(a) The basses.
(b) The altos.
(c) The trebles.
(d) The sopranos.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who suggests the boys use Piggy’s glasses to start the fire in Chapter 2: “Fire on the Mountain”?

2. Where are the boys in Lord of the Flies from originally?

3. What color is the birthmark described as on the young boy who steps forward at the meeting in Chapter 2: “Fire on the Mountain”?

4. What is the meaning of the word “ebullience,” used in Chapter 2: “Fire on the Mountain”?

5. 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”?

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