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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. 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) Henry.
(b) Maurice.
(c) Simon.
(d) Percival.

2. What literary technique is used in the following sentence from Chapter 4: “Painted Faces and Long Hair”? “When the sun sank, darkness dropped on the island like an extinguisher.”
(a) Literary allusion.
(b) Simile.
(c) Dramatic irony.
(d) Onomatopoeia.

3. What word does Ralph use in referring to a bath in the beginning of Chapter 7: “Shadows and Tall Trees”?
(a) Sepals.
(b) Declivity.
(c) Frolic.
(d) Wallow.

4. What ocean is described as surrounding the island in Chapter 4: “Painted Faces and Long Hair”?
(a) The Atlantic Ocean.
(b) The Pacific Ocean.
(c) The Arctic Ocean.
(d) The Indian Ocean.

5. During Piggy’s speech at the podium during the assembly he declares that “Life is” what, in Chapter 5: “Beast from Water”?
(a) “Meaningless.”
(b) “Futile.”
(c) “Scientific.”
(d) “Hopeful.”

Short Answer Questions

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

2. When Jack arrives at the huts, Ralph says that his hunters have been back at camp hours ago and have been doing what, in Chapter 3: “Huts on the Beach”?

3. In the beginning of Chapter 7: “Shadows and Tall Trees,” Ralph wishes that he had a pair of scissors to do what?

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

5. Who suggests the boys use Piggy’s glasses to start the fire in Chapter 2: “Fire on the Mountain”?

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