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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What word does Ralph use in referring to a bath in the beginning of Chapter 7: “Shadows and Tall Trees”?
(a) Frolic.
(b) Wallow.
(c) Sepals.
(d) Declivity.

2. What word is used in Chapter 10: “The Shell and the Glasses” to mean pertaining to the study of religious truth or divinity?
(a) Vicissitude.
(b) Theological.
(c) Political.
(d) Peripheral.

3. When Ralph and Piggy arrive at the feast in Chapter 9: “A View to a Death,” which of the boys, “thinking that Ralph had turned to him accusingly, put down his gnawed bone with a nervous giggle”?
(a) Roger.
(b) Sam.
(c) Jack.
(d) Robert.

4. What does the word “propitiate” mean, as used in Chapter 11: “Castle Rock”?
(a) To worship.
(b) To appease.
(c) To propel.
(d) To gather.

5. 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”?
(a) Robert.
(b) Roger.
(c) Phil.
(d) Bill.

6. Ralph tells Piggy in Chapter 10: “The Shell and the Glasses,” “I’m frightened. Of” what?
(a) “Us.”
(b) “Simon.”
(c) “Jack.”
(d) “The beast.”

7. Who agrees to go back through the forest to the shelters and the littluns as the other boys head toward the mountain in Chapter 7: “Shadows and Tall Trees”?
(a) Simon.
(b) Jack.
(c) Maurice.
(d) Piggy.

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

9. What word used in Chapter 12: “Cry of the Hunters” means a kiss of peace?
(a) Pax.
(b) Declivity.
(c) Vicissitude.
(d) Mirage.

10. Piggy asks the crowd of boys during the showdown in Chapter 11: “Castle Rock,” “Which is better—to have rules and agree, or” what?
(a) “To not question authority?”
(b) “To call home for help?”
(c) “To hunt and kill?”
(d) “To find rescue?”

11. Which of the boys is killed during the ritual in Chapter 9: “A View to a Death”?
(a) Piggy.
(b) Simon.
(c) Maurice.
(d) Jack.

12. In Chapter 10: “The Shell and the Glasses,” Ralph claims that what happened during the ritual was murder. What does Piggy desperately claim it was instead?
(a) A sign of power.
(b) An accident.
(c) A religious act.
(d) Self-protection.

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

14. 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) “Overwhelmed.”
(b) "Angry."
(c) “Embarrassed.”
(d) "Emotional."

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

Short Answer Questions

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

2. As Ralph drifts to sleep in Chapter 10: “The Shell and the Glasses,” he imagines to himself, “Supposing they could be transported home by jet, then before morning they would land at that big airfield” where?

3. Sam and Eric tell Ralph in Chapter 12: “Cry of the Hunters” that Jack and who plant to hunt him tomorrow?

4. By what name does Ralph refer to Jack’s followers in Chapter 10: “The Shell and the Glasses”?

5. What suggestion does Simon make when he takes the shell at the meeting in Chapter 8: “Gift for the Darkness”?

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