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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Which of the older boys leads the way through the sand castles, kicking them over and laughing, in Chapter 4: “Painted Faces and Long Hair”?
(a) Roger.
(b) Simon.
(c) Robert.
(d) Maurice.

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

3. Who leads the boys to the mountaintop in order to begin building a signal fire in Chapter 2: “Fire on the Mountain”?
(a) Johnny.
(b) Jack.
(c) Ralph.
(d) Henry.

4. What does the word “vicissitude” mean, as used in Chapter 3: “Huts on the Beach”?
(a) Savagery.
(b) A betrayal of principles.
(c) A change or variation.
(d) A gathering of people.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. 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?

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

3. Between what two characters is there a developing conflict that is foreshadowed in Chapter 3: “Huts on the Beach”?

4. One of the twins asks the other if he remembers what character from school in Chapter 6: “Beast from Air”?

5. As Ralph prepares for the assembly in Chapter 5: “Beast from Water” he considers to himself, “I can’t think. Not like” whom?

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