1. One of the rules that Ralph establishes at the meeting in Chapter 2: “Fire on the Mountain” is that no one may speak at the meetings unless he is holding what?
(a) The staff.
(b) The shell.
(c) The stone.
(d) The spear.

2. What word does Piggy use in Chapter 4: “Painted Faces and Long Hair” to refer to images that appeared on the horizon and then disappeared as the boys watched?
(a) Mirage.
(b) Simile.
(c) Correlation.
(d) Declivity.

3. What word from Chapter 5: “Beast from Water” refers to a contortion of the body caused by violent, involuntary muscular contractions?
(a) Convulsion.
(b) Exhilaration.
(c) Declivity.
(d) Belligerence.

4. What are the names of the twins that appear on the beach in Chapter 1: “The Sound of the Shell”?
(a) Sam and Eric.
(b) Percival and Maurice.
(c) Simon and Johnny.
(d) Roger and Robert.

5. Piggy tells Ralph in Chapter 1: “The Sound of the Shell” that he’s worn glasses since he was how old?
(a) 3.
(b) 4.
(c) 2.
(d) 6.

Short Answer Questions

1. 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”?

2. What word used in Chapter 3: “Huts on the Beach” refers to a downward slope of ground?

3. What color eyes is Jack said to have in Chapter 3: “Huts on the Beach”?

4. What kinds of wild animals have the boys discovered living on the island in Chapter 2: “Fire on the Mountain”?

5. As Ralph prepares for the assembly in Chapter 5: “Beast from Water” he considers to himself, “I can’t think. Not like” whom?

(see the answer key)

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