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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Jack claims at the meeting in the beginning of Chapter 8: “Gift for the Darkness” that Ralph “says things like” whom?
(a) Charlatan.
(b) Minaret.
(c) Prefect.
(d) Sepal.

2. What does Simon whisper to Ralph as Ralph sits engulfed in staring at the sea in Chapter 7: “Shadows and Tall Trees”?
(a) “Don’t worry. Jack won’t kill you.”
(b) “You’ll get back to where you came from.”
(c) “I’m sure that your father is out there somewhere.”
(d) “I’ve seen the Lord of the Flies.”

3. What is Jack described as wearing at his waist in the end of Chapter 12: “Cry of the Hunters”?
(a) A mutilated pig’s head.
(b) A pair of broken spectacles.
(c) A cavalry pistol.
(d) A choir cloak.

4. 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) “Eyes like opals.”
(b) “Fiery eyes.”
(c) “Hopeful eyes.”
(d) “Mystical eyes.”

5. Who portrays the pig in the ritual dance after the feast in Chapter 9: “A View to a Death”?
(a) Ralph.
(b) Piggy.
(c) Roger.
(d) Simon.

6. What suggestion does Simon make when he takes the shell at the meeting in Chapter 8: “Gift for the Darkness”?
(a) “I think we ought to return to the shelter.”
(b) “I think we ought to follow Jack.”
(c) “I think we ought to climb the mountain.”
(d) “I think we ought to call your auntie.”

7. In Chapter 11: “Castle Rock,” the narrator says, “There was no sign left of the storm, and the beach was swept clean like a blade that has been scoured.” What literary technique is used in this sentence?
(a) Religious allusion.
(b) Assonance.
(c) Simile.
(d) Onomatopoeia.

8. 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 firewood.
(b) Going to Jack’s camp.
(c) Gathering fruit.
(d) Hunting pigs.

9. In the ending of Chapter 12: “Cry of the Hunters,” the narrator notes that when the children all begin weeping, “The officer, surrounded by these noises, was moved and a little” what?
(a) "Angry."
(b) "Emotional."
(c) “Overwhelmed.”
(d) “Embarrassed.”

10. 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) Piggy.
(c) Maurice.
(d) Simon.

11. What word used in Chapter 7: “Shadows and Tall Trees” refers to the quality of being dulled or rounded at the extremity?
(a) Declivity.
(b) Obtuseness.
(c) Belligerence.
(d) Vicissitude.

12. Who does Jack order his tribe to capture and tie up in Chapter 11: “Castle Rock”?
(a) Sam and Eric.
(b) Henry and Roger.
(c) Piggy and Ralph.
(d) Percival and Bill.

13. Who lights the new fire in Chapter 8: “Gift for the Darkness”?
(a) Jack.
(b) Piggy.
(c) Simon.
(d) Johnny.

14. 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?
(a) “The power of sacrifice.”
(b) “The threat of violence.”
(c) “A solemn reverence.”
(d) “The threat of rain.”

15. Which of the boys pick up and carry the pig after the kill in Chapter 8: “Gift for the Darkness”?
(a) Henry and Jack.
(b) Simon and Ralph.
(c) Piggy and Percival.
(d) Maurice and Robert.

Short Answer Questions

1. 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?

2. Who calls to Ralph and the others as they approach Jack’s fortress in Chapter 11: “Castle Rock,” saying “Halt! Who goes there?”

3. Who responds when Ralph asks where Jack is in Chapter 11: “Castle Rock,” saying “He’s hunting. And he said we weren’t to let you in”?

4. What ailment does Simon seemingly suffer from in Lord of the Flies?

5. What does Ralph tell Piggy is “the only thing to do” in Chapter 9: “A View to a Death”?

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