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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. The author uses the following sentence in Chapter 2: “Fire on the Mountain”: “The flames, as though they were a kind of wild life, crept as a jaguar creeps on its belly toward a line of birch-like saplings that fledged an outcrop of the pink rock.” What literary technique is used in this sentence?
(a) Personification.
(b) Literary allusion.
(c) Simile.
(d) Onomatopoeia.

2. 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 spear.
(c) The stone.
(d) The shell.

3. What is the meaning of the word “ebullience,” used in Chapter 2: “Fire on the Mountain”?
(a) Vicissitude.
(b) Luxuriance.
(c) Exhilaration.
(d) Belligerence.

4. Who suggests that the boys hold a vote for the chief in Chapter 1: “The Sound of the Shell”?
(a) Roger.
(b) Johnny.
(c) Henry.
(d) Simon.

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 trebles.
(b) The basses.
(c) The sopranos.
(d) The altos.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who is the only boy who does not help gather firewood in Chapter 2: “Fire on the Mountain”?

2. 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”?

3. What are the names of the twins that appear on the beach in Chapter 1: “The Sound of the Shell”?

4. What physical ailment does Piggy say he suffers from in Chapter 1: “The Sound of 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”?

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