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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What color is the birthmark described as on the young boy who steps forward at the meeting in Chapter 2: “Fire on the Mountain”?
(a) Crimson-colored.
(b) Black-colored.
(c) Mulberry-colored.
(d) Violet-colored.

2. What kinds of wild animals have the boys discovered living on the island in Chapter 2: “Fire on the Mountain”?
(a) Pigs.
(b) Foxes.
(c) Deer.
(d) Turkeys.

3. What word used in Chapter 3: “Huts on the Beach” refers to a downward slope of ground?
(a) Declivity.
(b) Simile.
(c) Vicissitude.
(d) Exhilaration.

4. As Ralph prepares for the assembly in Chapter 5: “Beast from Water” he considers to himself, “I can’t think. Not like” whom?
(a) “Johnny.”
(b) “Simon.”
(c) “Piggy.”
(d) “Jack.”

5. In Chapter 3: “Huts on the Beach,” the narrator states, “The silence of the forest was more oppressive than” what?
(a) “The isolation.”
(b) “The danger.”
(c) “The heat.”
(d) “The permanence.”

Short Answer Questions

1. During Piggy’s speech at the podium during the assembly he declares that “Life is” what, in Chapter 5: “Beast from Water”?

2. Which “littlun” is unaccounted for at the end of Chapter 2: “Fire on the Mountain”?

3. Who suggests that the boys hold a vote for the chief in Chapter 1: “The Sound of the Shell”?

4. Which of the littluns had run off crying after getting sand in his eye in Chapter 4: “Painted Faces and Long Hair”?

5. Ralph tells Piggy in Chapter 1: “The Sound of the Shell” that his father holds what position?

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