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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is the name of the littlun that first steps forward to talk about the beast during the assembly in Chapter 5: “Beast from Water”?
(a) Simon.
(b) Phil.
(c) Maurice.
(d) Johnny.

2. As the big boys set out to hunt down the beast in Chapter 6: “Beast from Air,” the narrator states, “This day promised, like the others, to be a sunbath under” what?
(a) “A violent sky.”
(b) “A blue dome.”
(c) “A parched sky.”
(d) “A red dome.”

3. Of the three littluns that are described together playing by the sandcastles in Chapter 4: “Painted Faces and Long Hair,” who is described as “the biggest of them”?
(a) Maurice.
(b) Henry.
(c) Simon.
(d) Percival.

4. What is Percival’s full name that he states in Chapter 5: “Beast from Water”?
(a) Percival James Anderson.
(b) Percival Wemys Madison.
(c) Percival William Jackson.
(d) Percival Henry Waterson.

5. Piggy tells Ralph in Chapter 1: “The Sound of the Shell” that he’s worn glasses since he was how old?
(a) 4.
(b) 3.
(c) 2.
(d) 6.

Short Answer Questions

1. What ocean is described as surrounding the island in Chapter 4: “Painted Faces and Long Hair”?

2. Who suggests that the boys hold a vote for the chief in Chapter 1: “The Sound of the Shell”?

3. What is Piggy’s answer when Ralph asks him in Chapter 1: “The Sound of the Shell,” “What’s your father?”

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”?

5. The narrator says of Ralph in the beginning of Chapter 5: “Beast from Water,” “He found himself understanding the wearisomeness of this life, where every path was an improvisation and a considerable part of one’s waking life was spent watching” what?

Short Essay Questions

1. What routines have been established on the island in Chapter 4: “Painted Faces and Long Hair”?

2. What events lead up to the panic of Sam and Eric in the beginning of Chapter 6: “Beast from Air”?

3. What characteristics serve to develop the conflict between Ralph and Jack in Chapter 5: “Beast from Water”?

4. Why does Jack begin wearing face paint in Chapter 4: “Painted Faces and Long Hair”?

5. What is an example from Chapter 2: “Fire on the Mountain” that illustrates Piggy’s position within the group?

6. How have Jack’s and Ralph’s experiences differed during the first days on the island, as seen in Chapter 3: “Huts on the Beach”?

7. How would you describe the system of discipline on the island in Chapter 3: “Huts on the Beach”? What effects can you see from this system?

8. How are the relationships between the older and younger boys illustrated in Chapter 4: “Painted Faces and Long Hair”?

9. How do the majority of the boys spend their time in Chapter 3: “Huts on the Beach”?

10. What does the conch shell come to represent symbolically in Chapter 2: “Fire on the Mountain”? Why?

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