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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 12.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who cuts the sow’s neck with a knife in Chapter 8: “Gift for the Darkness”?
(a) Ralph.
(b) Simon.
(c) Johnny.
(d) Jack.

2. Where are the boys in Lord of the Flies from originally?
(a) England.
(b) France.
(c) Ireland.
(d) The United States.

3. Simon makes an allusion to what English Queen in Chapter 7: “Shadows and Tall Trees”?
(a) Berengaria of Navarre.
(b) Queen Elizabeth.
(c) Eleanor of Rigby.
(d) Queen Victoria.

4. What does Piggy say Sam and Eric are doing when Ralph arrives at the camp in the beginning of Chapter 10: “The Shell and the Glasses”?
(a) Gathering fruit.
(b) Going to Jack’s camp.
(c) Gathering firewood.
(d) Hunting pigs.

5. What word used in Chapter 3: “Huts on the Beach” refers to a downward slope of ground?
(a) Vicissitude.
(b) Simile.
(c) Declivity.
(d) Exhilaration.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does the word “myopia” mean, as used in Chapter 11: “Castle Rock”?

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

3. Piggy asks the crowd of boys during the showdown in Chapter 11: “Castle Rock,” “Which is better—to have rules and agree, or” what?

4. Ralph says to the boys in Chapter 11: “Castle Rock” that when they approach Jack’s camp “we won’t be painted because we aren’t” what?

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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