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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. From what perspective is the narrative of Lord of the Flies related?
(a) Third person.
(b) Second person.
(c) First person.
(d) Fourth person.

2. What is the name of the first little boy that arrives from the jungle when Ralph blows on the shell in Chapter 1: “The Sound of the Shell”?
(a) Simon.
(b) Johnny.
(c) Henry.
(d) Maurice.

3. Which of the boys comes up to Ralph at the castle to ask in Chapter 6: “Beast from Air,” “Why can’t we stay here for a bit?”
(a) Henry.
(b) Simon.
(c) Bill.
(d) Jack.

4. Which of the boys had, in his “other life… received chastisement for filling a younger eye with sand,” according to the narrator in Chapter 4: “Painted Faces and Long Hair”?
(a) Robert.
(b) Maurice.
(c) Roger.
(d) Simon.

5. Who suggests the boys use Piggy’s glasses to start the fire in Chapter 2: “Fire on the Mountain”?
(a) Johnny.
(b) Jack.
(c) Piggy.
(d) Henry.

6. What color is Jack Merridew’s hair in the novel?
(a) Black.
(b) Blonde.
(c) Red.
(d) Brown.

7. What is Piggy’s answer when Ralph asks him in Chapter 1: “The Sound of the Shell,” “What’s your father?”
(a) “My dad left us.”
(b) “My dad is a butcher.”
(c) “My dad’s dead.”
(d) “My dad is a carpenter.”

8. In Chapter 3: “Huts on the Beach,” the narrator states, “The silence of the forest was more oppressive than” what?
(a) “The danger.”
(b) “The heat.”
(c) “The isolation.”
(d) “The permanence.”

9. Who suggests at the impromptu meeting in Chapter 6: “Beast from Air,” “Couldn’t we—kind of—stay here? Maybe the beast won’t come near us”?
(a) Jack.
(b) Phil.
(c) Piggy.
(d) Bill.

10. 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”?
(a) Making sand castles.
(b) Sunbathing.
(c) Swimming.
(d) Building a boat.

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

12. What kind of store does Piggy say his auntie used to run in Chapter 1: “The Sound of the Shell”?
(a) A shoe store.
(b) A candy store.
(c) A florist shop.
(d) A women’s clothing store.

13. Who slaps Johnny when he bursts into tears during the impromptu meeting the morning after the beast has been spotted in Chapter 6: “Beast from Air”?
(a) Henry.
(b) Maurice.
(c) Bill.
(d) Jack.

14. Ralph tells Piggy in Chapter 1: “The Sound of the Shell” that his father holds what position?
(a) Ambassador to Egypt.
(b) Magazine Editor.
(c) Journalist.
(d) Commander of the Navy.

15. What kind of shell do Ralph and Piggy discover on the beach in Chapter 1: “The Sound of the Shell”?
(a) A slipper shell.
(b) A Florida auger.
(c) A conch shell.
(d) An alphabet cone.

Short Answer Questions

1. When the boys are trying to figure out how to light a fire in Chapter 2: “Fire on the Mountain,” who says, “You make a bow and spin the arrow”?

2. How many of the boys does Ralph say built the second shelter in Chapter 5: “Beast from Water”?

3. 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?

4. What does the word “vicissitude” mean, as used in Chapter 3: “Huts on the Beach”?

5. What are the names of the twins that appear on the beach in Chapter 1: “The Sound of the Shell”?

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