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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. Which boy interrupts Jack when he is talking about the beast appearing in disguise to say, “But didn’t we, didn’t we--?” in Chapter 10: “The Shell and the Glasses”?

2. 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?

3. How many of the boys raise their hands when Jack demands of them, “Who thinks Ralph oughtn’t to be chief?” in Chapter 8: “Gift for the Darkness”?

4. 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”?

5. Who does Piggy say was murdered in Chapter 11: “Castle Rock”?

Short Essay Questions

1. What is decided on the journey to the mountain in Chapter 7: “Shadows and Tall Trees”?

2. What conflicts arise when Jack arrives at the fort in Chapter 11: “Castle Rock”?

3. What is represented by the behavior of the boys during the ritualistic dance in Chapter 7: “Shadows and Tall Trees”?

4. Why do Ralph and Piggy go to Jack’s camp in Chapter 9: “A View to a Death”? What do they find there?

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

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

7. How does the conflict escalate between Jack and Ralph in Chapter 11: “Castle Rock”? Why?

8. What do Jack and Ralph argue about during their journey in Chapter 7: “Shadows and Tall Trees”?

9. Why does Ralph begin running for the beach and shelters in Chapter 12: “Cry of the Hunters”?

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Discuss the characters of Percival, Johnny, and Henry, as introduced in Chapter 4. How old are the majority of the “littluns” on the island? How do these characters spend most of their time on the island? What fears compel the littluns in the story?

Essay Topic 2

Discuss the role reversal of Ralph and Jack as seen in Chapter 5. How does Jack behave toward Ralph at the meeting? What does this suggest about Jack’s level of contempt for Ralph and his rules? What has caused the change in Jack’s behavior?

Essay Topic 3

Discuss the destruction of Piggy’s glasses in Chapter 4. How do the spectacles get broken? How do the other boys respond to this violence? What does this suggest about the growing lack of discipline among these boys? What does this say about Ralph’s ability to lead?

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