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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Piggy says as they relight the fire in Chapter 10: “The Shell and the Glasses,” “If only we could make a” what?
(a) "Radio."
(b) "Raft."
(c) "Fan."
(d) "Saw."

2. Who pulls the lever that drops the boulder, killing Piggy, in Chapter 11: “Castle Rock”?
(a) Jack.
(b) Robert.
(c) Roger.
(d) Bill.

3. After the ritual in Chapter 9: “A View to a Death,” the narrator says, “Along the shoreward edge of the shallows the advancing clearness was full of strange, moonbeam-bodied creatures with” what?
(a) “Mystical eyes.”
(b) “Hopeful eyes.”
(c) “Fiery eyes.”
(d) “Eyes like opals.”

4. What is the name of the littlun that first approaches the naval officer in Chapter 12: “Cry of the Hunters”?
(a) Phil.
(b) Bill.
(c) Henry.
(d) Percival.

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

6. When the boys reenact the battle for the boar in Chapter 7: “Shadows and Tall Trees,” which of the boys portrays the boar?
(a) Jack.
(b) Simon.
(c) Sam.
(d) Robert.

7. What word from Chapter 10: “The Shell and the Glasses” means to make gestures in an excited manner?
(a) Luxuriate.
(b) Revere.
(c) Pontificate
(d) Gesticulate.

8. When Ralph looks back to Castle Rock from the forest in the beginning of Chapter 12: “Cry of the Hunters,” who does he see “sitting on guard at the top of the cliff” with “a spear in his left hand and tossing up a pebble and catching it again with the right”?
(a) Robert.
(b) Maurice.
(c) Simon.
(d) Roger.

9. Who stops Roger as he approaches the Castle Rock, saying “Halt! Who goes there?” in Chapter 10: “The Shell and the Glasses”?
(a) Roger.
(b) Robert.
(c) Stanley.
(d) Wilfred.

10. Who obeys when Jack orders “Give me a drink” after he’s eaten at the feast in Chapter 9: “A View to a Death”?
(a) Johnny.
(b) Piggy.
(c) Henry.
(d) Percival.

11. Piggy suggests to the boys that they rebuild the fire where, in Chapter 8: “Gift for the Darkness”?
(a) In the forest.
(b) At the Castle Rock.
(c) On the beach.
(d) On the mountain.

12. What colors of face paint is Jack described as wearing in Chapter 10: “The Shell and the Glasses”?
(a) Red and green.
(b) Black and blue.
(c) Red and white.
(d) Brown and black.

13. How are the hunters able to find the wounded sow in Chapter 8: “Gift for the Darkness”?
(a) By the smell of her.
(b) By the trail of her piglets.
(c) By the trail of blood.
(d) By the squealing sounds.

14. What does Ralph find in the forest to use as a weapon in Chapter 12: “Cry of the Hunters”?
(a) A metal bear-trap.
(b) A parachute.
(c) A dagger.
(d) A stick that is pointed on two ends.

15. Who is back at the shelters with the littluns as the other boys are on the hunt for the beast in Chapter 7: “Shadows and Tall Trees”?
(a) Ralph.
(b) Simon.
(c) Maurice.
(d) Piggy.

Short Answer Questions

1. The Coral Island: A Tale of the Pacific Ocean was written by what Scottish author?

2. What do the twins and Piggy bring back to Ralph from the forest in Chapter 8: “Gift for the Darkness”?

3. What is Ralph said to be laying in at the beginning of Chapter 12: “Cry of the Hunters”?

4. The narrator notes when the feast begins to die down in Chapter 9: “A View to a Death,” “Evening was come, not with calm beauty but with” what?

5. What is the second tactic used by Jack’s tribe to flush Ralph from the thicket in Chapter 12: “Cry of the Hunters”?

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