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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 8.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. 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) Reverent.
(c) Opulent.
(d) Diffident.

2. What are the names of the twins that appear on the beach in Chapter 1: “The Sound of the Shell”?
(a) Percival and Maurice.
(b) Roger and Robert.
(c) Sam and Eric.
(d) Simon and Johnny.

3. When does Piggy surmise the war will be over when he speaks at the assembly in Chapter 5: “Beast from Water”?
(a) Tomorrow or the next day.
(b) Three or four years.
(c) A year or two.
(d) In a few months.

4. Which of the boys pick up and carry the pig after the kill in Chapter 8: “Gift for the Darkness”?
(a) Henry and Jack.
(b) Piggy and Percival.
(c) Maurice and Robert.
(d) Simon and Ralph.

5. In the reenactment of the killing of the pig in Chapter 8: “Gift for the Darkness,” who portrays the killer?
(a) Roger.
(b) Robert.
(c) Maurice.
(d) Jack.

Short Answer Questions

1. How are the hunters able to find the wounded sow in Chapter 8: “Gift for the Darkness”?

2. Who lights the new fire in Chapter 8: “Gift for the Darkness”?

3. What word does Ralph use in referring to a bath in the beginning of Chapter 7: “Shadows and Tall Trees”?

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

5. Who cuts his knee quite badly as the boys move along the rocks of the shoreline in Chapter 7: “Shadows and Tall Trees”?

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