1. What is Piggy’s answer when Ralph asks him in Chapter 1: “The Sound of the Shell,” “What’s your father?”
(a) “My dad is a butcher.”
(b) “My dad’s dead.”
(c) “My dad left us.”
(d) “My dad is a carpenter.”

2. What is the meaning of the word “ebullience,” used in Chapter 2: “Fire on the Mountain”?
(a) Exhilaration.
(b) Belligerence.
(c) Luxuriance.
(d) Vicissitude.

3. How old is Ralph said to be in Chapter 1: “The Sound of the Shell”?
(a) 15.
(b) 10.
(c) 8.
(d) 12.

4. 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) Sunbathing.
(c) Building a boat.
(d) Making sand castles.

5. How old does Ralph say he was when his father taught him to swim in Chapter 1: “The Sound of the Shell”?
(a) 6.
(b) 8.
(c) 5.
(d) 2.

Short Answer Questions

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?

2. What color hair is Simon said to have in Chapter 3: “Huts on the Beach”?

3. What word used in Chapter 3: “Huts on the Beach” is an adjective indicating that something is under the surface?

4. What color is Jack Merridew’s hair in the novel?

5. What color are the pig droppings that Jack finds in the forest in Chapter 3: “Huts on the Beach”?

(see the answer key)

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