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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 4.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is the name of the first little boy that arrives from the jungle when Ralph blows on the shell in Chapter 1: “The Sound of the Shell”?
(a) Henry.
(b) Johnny.
(c) Simon.
(d) Maurice.

2. What does the word “furtive” mean, as used in Chapter 3: “Huts on the Beach”?
(a) Savage.
(b) Stealthy.
(c) Pointless.
(d) Personalized.

3. When Jack arrives at the huts, Ralph says that his hunters have been back at camp hours ago and have been doing what, in Chapter 3: “Huts on the Beach”?
(a) Swimming.
(b) Making sand castles.
(c) Building a boat.
(d) Sunbathing.

4. What color eyes is Jack said to have in Chapter 3: “Huts on the Beach”?
(a) Black.
(b) Brown.
(c) Blue.
(d) Green.

5. Which of the boys are thoughtful enough to bring leaves for the signal fire in Chapter 2: “Fire on the Mountain”?
(a) Simon and Peter.
(b) Henry and Maurice.
(c) Sam and Eric.
(d) Johnny and Percival.

Short Answer Questions

1. Which of the older boys leads the way through the sand castles, kicking them over and laughing, in Chapter 4: “Painted Faces and Long Hair”?

2. Where are the boys in Lord of the Flies from originally?

3. From what perspective is the narrative of Lord of the Flies related?

4. 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”?

5. Which of the littluns does Roger follow to the beach and begin throwing stones at in Chapter 4: “Painted Faces and Long Hair”?

(see the answer key)

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