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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 6.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How many of the boys does Ralph say built the second shelter in Chapter 5: “Beast from Water”?
(a) 4.
(b) 2.
(c) 6.
(d) 10.

2. What adjective used in Chapter 6: “Beast from Air” to describe Simon means lacking confidence in one’s own ability, worth, or fitness?
(a) Belligerent.
(b) Diffident.
(c) Opulent.
(d) Reverent.

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”?
(a) Black-colored.
(b) Violet-colored.
(c) Mulberry-colored.
(d) Crimson-colored.

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

5. When Jack suggests that “the castle” would make an excellent fort in Chapter 6: “Beast from Air,” this is an example of what literary technique?
(a) Interrogation.
(b) Foreshadowing.
(c) Onomatopoeia.
(d) Religious allusion.

Short Answer 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?

2. Piggy tells Ralph in Chapter 1: “The Sound of the Shell” that he’s worn glasses since he was how old?

3. What does Jack ask Ralph for when he arrives at the camp in Chapter 3: “Huts on the Beach”?

4. Who performs clownishly at the assembly in order to make the littluns stop wailing in Chapter 5: “Beast from Water”?

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

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