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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What kinds of wild animals have the boys discovered living on the island in Chapter 2: “Fire on the Mountain”?
(a) Pigs.
(b) Turkeys.
(c) Foxes.
(d) Deer.

2. The “half-cave” that Ralph and Jack encounter while looking for the beast is said to contain “nothing more terrible than a clutch of” what, in Chapter 6: “Beast from Air”?
(a) “Rotten fruit.”
(b) “Rotten eggs.”
(c) “Spears.”
(d) “Baby pigs.”

3. What word used in Chapter 3: “Huts on the Beach” refers to the individual leaves or parts of the calyx of a flower?
(a) Stamens.
(b) Plots.
(c) Sepals.
(d) Cultivars.

4. 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) Bill.
(b) Jack.
(c) Phil.
(d) Piggy.

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

6. Who performs clownishly at the assembly in order to make the littluns stop wailing in Chapter 5: “Beast from Water”?
(a) Piggy.
(b) Ralph.
(c) Jack.
(d) Maurice.

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

8. 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.

9. Who picks up Percival and carries him to a shelter in the beginning of Chapter 6: “Beast from Air”?
(a) Piggy and Simon.
(b) Jack and Roger.
(c) Ralph and Simon.
(d) Robert and Henry.

10. Who is described in Chapter 4: “Painted Faces and Long Hair” as “the only boy on the island whose hair never seemed to grow”?
(a) Piggy.
(b) Simon.
(c) Ralph.
(d) Jack.

11. What color hair is Simon said to have in Chapter 3: “Huts on the Beach”?
(a) Red.
(b) Brown.
(c) Black.
(d) Blonde.

12. 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?
(a) The spear.
(b) The staff.
(c) The shell.
(d) The stone.

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

14. Which of the littluns had run off crying after getting sand in his eye in Chapter 4: “Painted Faces and Long Hair”?
(a) Henry.
(b) Ralph.
(c) Johnny.
(d) Percival.

15. What does Simon hand to the littluns after they’ve followed him into the forest in Chapter 3: “Huts on the Beach”?
(a) Meat.
(b) Spears.
(c) Fruit.
(d) Candy.

Short Answer Questions

1. Which of the littluns does Roger follow to the beach and begin throwing stones at in Chapter 4: “Painted Faces and Long Hair”?

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

3. From what perspective is the narrative of Lord of the Flies related?

4. What word, used to describe Ralph’s feelings about the shell in Chapter 5: “Beast from Water,” refers to a feeling of deep respect tinged with awe?

5. 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?”

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