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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. 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) “Jack.”
(d) “Piggy.”

3. What word used in Chapter 3: “Huts on the Beach” is an adjective indicating that something is under the surface?
(a) Vicissitude.
(b) Obstinate.
(c) Declivity.
(d) Submerged.

4. Of the three littluns that are described together playing by the sandcastles in Chapter 4: “Painted Faces and Long Hair,” who is described as “the biggest of them”?
(a) Percival.
(b) Maurice.
(c) Simon.
(d) Henry.

5. 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.

Short Answer Questions

1. Which of the littluns has been left “in triumphant possession of the castles” after the others have run off in Chapter 4: “Painted Faces and Long Hair”?

2. What kind of shell do Ralph and Piggy discover on the beach in Chapter 1: “The Sound of the Shell”?

3. What word used in Chapter 4: “Painted Faces and Long Hair” refers to a warlike or aggressively hostile nature or attitude?

4. What word used in Chapter 3: “Huts on the Beach” refers to a downward slope of ground?

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”?

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