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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. Of the boys on the island, the narrator says in the beginning of Chapter 4: “Painted Faces and Long Hair,” “They accepted the pleasures of morning, the bright sun, the whelming sea and sweet air, as a time when play was good and life so full that” what “was not necessary and therefore forgotten”?
(a) “Mankind.”
(b) “Faith.”
(c) “Sorrow.”
(d) “Hope.”

2. What color is Jack Merridew’s hair in the novel?
(a) Black.
(b) Blonde.
(c) Red.
(d) Brown.

3. The narrator says in Chapter 4: “Painted Faces and Long Hair,” “At midday the illusions merged into the sky and there the sun gazed down like” what?
(a) “A great bird.”
(b) “A loving overlord.”
(c) “A parent’s eye.”
(d) “An angry eye.”

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

5. What is the name of the littlun that the narrator describes crawling into a shelter and staying there for two days, “talking, singing, and crying, till they thought him batty and were faintly amused” in Chapter 4: “Painted Faces and Long Hair”?
(a) Henry.
(b) Percival.
(c) Maurice.
(d) Johnny.

Short Answer Questions

1. What kind of store does Piggy say his auntie used to run in Chapter 1: “The Sound of the Shell”?

2. Who does Ralph say will be guarding the fire that night during the assembly in Chapter 5: “Beast from Water”?

3. The word “leviathan” that is used in Chapter 6: “Beast from Air” refers to what?

4. During Piggy’s speech at the podium during the assembly he declares that “Life is” what, in Chapter 5: “Beast from Water”?

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?”

Short Essay Questions

1. How is Piggy perceived by the other members of the group in Chapter 2: “Fire on the Mountain”? Why?

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

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

4. What is found at the castle rock in Chapter 6: “Beast from Air”? Where do the boys go next?

5. 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?

6. How does the dead signal fire develop conflict in Chapter 4: “Painted Faces and Long Hair”?

7. How would you describe the exploration of the boys in Chapter 1: “The Sound of the Shell”?

8. 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”?

9. How is the character of Simon described in the novel? What physical condition does Simon suffer from?

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

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