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

2. Where does the narrator say a great scab had formed on Ralph in the opening of Chapter 10: “The Shell and the Glasses”?
(a) On his neck.
(b) On his knee.
(c) On his arm.
(d) On his chest.

3. In Ralph’s memory in Chapter 7: “Shadows and Tall Trees,” he recalls following his father from Chatham to where?
(a) London.
(b) Davenport.
(c) New York.
(d) Willoughby.

4. 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.”

5. What does the imagery surrounding the vast sea symbolize in Chapter 7: “Shadows and Tall Trees”?
(a) Brotherly love.
(b) Piggy.
(c) Ralph’s mother.
(d) Eternity.

Short Answer Questions

1. 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?

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. In the end of Chapter 12: “Cry of the Hunters,” Ralph is said to weep for “the end of innocence, the darkness of man’s heart,” and for the death of what “true, wise friend”?

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

5. 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?

Short Essay Questions

1. What is symbolized by the death of Simon in Chapter 9: “A View to a Death”?

2. What is Ralph doing in the beginning of Chapter 12: “Cry of the Hunters”? What news does he learn from the twins?

3. How has Ralph’s tribe changed by the beginning of Chapter 10: “The Shell and the Glasses”?

4. What is represented metaphorically through the killing of the sow in Chapter 8: “Gift for the Darkness”?

5. What argument ensues between Ralph and his companions regarding the fire in Chapter 10: “The Shell and the Glasses”?

6. What do Ralph and his companions decide to do about the fire in Chapter 8: “Gift for the Darkness”?

7. What is foreshadowed by the changing relationship between Jack and Ralph in Chapter 7: “Shadows and Tall Trees”?

8. What does Jack announce at the meeting in the beginning of Chapter 8: “Gift for the Darkness”?

9. Why does Ralph go to Jack’s fort in Chapter 11: “Castle Rock”? What does he encounter when he arrives?

10. What is ironic about the denouement of Lord of the Flies?

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