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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who leads the boys to the mountaintop in order to begin building a signal fire in Chapter 2: “Fire on the Mountain”?
(a) Jack.
(b) Johnny.
(c) Henry.
(d) Ralph.

2. What word used in Chapter 4: “Painted Faces and Long Hair” refers to a warlike or aggressively hostile nature or attitude?
(a) Mirage.
(b) Vicissitude.
(c) Belligerence.
(d) Declivity.

3. The author uses the following sentence in Chapter 2: “Fire on the Mountain”: “The flames, as though they were a kind of wild life, crept as a jaguar creeps on its belly toward a line of birch-like saplings that fledged an outcrop of the pink rock.” What literary technique is used in this sentence?
(a) Literary allusion.
(b) Personification.
(c) Onomatopoeia.
(d) Simile.

4. What color is the birthmark described as on the young boy who steps forward at the meeting in Chapter 2: “Fire on the Mountain”?
(a) Violet-colored.
(b) Crimson-colored.
(c) Black-colored.
(d) Mulberry-colored.

5. What kind of store does Piggy say his auntie used to run in Chapter 1: “The Sound of the Shell”?
(a) A shoe store.
(b) A florist shop.
(c) A candy store.
(d) A women’s clothing store.

Short Answer Questions

1. Between what two characters is there a developing conflict that is foreshadowed in Chapter 3: “Huts on the Beach”?

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

3. Who are described as “the smallest boys on the island” in Chapter 4: “Painted Faces and Long Hair”?

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

5. Who, in addition to Piggy, tries to convince Ralph not to give up his position as chief at the end of Chapter 5: “Beast from Water”?

(see the answer key)

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