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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 6.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who stands up at the assembly and claims he was alone in the forest at night in Chapter 5: “Beast from Water”?
(a) Jack.
(b) Simon.
(c) Johnny.
(d) Maurice.

2. As Simon attempts to speak during the assembly in Chapter 5: “Beast from Water,” the narrator states, “Simon became inarticulate in his effort to express mankind’s essential” what?
(a) “Hope.”
(b) “Beauty.”
(c) “Illness.”
(d) “Reverence.”

3. What word used in Chapter 3: “Huts on the Beach” is an adjective indicating that something is under the surface?
(a) Declivity.
(b) Obstinate.
(c) Vicissitude.
(d) Submerged.

4. What are the boys from the choir wearing when they arrive on the beach in Chapter 1: “The Sound of the Shell”?
(a) Military uniforms.
(b) High-collared uniforms.
(c) Swimsuits.
(d) Black cloaks.

5. Who is described in Chapter 4: “Painted Faces and Long Hair” as “the only boy on the island whose hair never seemed to grow”?
(a) Ralph.
(b) Piggy.
(c) Simon.
(d) Jack.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Who performs clownishly at the assembly in order to make the littluns stop wailing in Chapter 5: “Beast from Water”?

3. Piggy tells Ralph in Chapter 1: “The Sound of the Shell” that he’s worn glasses since he was how old?

4. Ralph lies in the shelter dreaming of feeding what farm animals when Sam and Eric arrive in Chapter 6: “Beast from Air”?

5. How old does Ralph say he was when his father taught him to swim in Chapter 1: “The Sound of the Shell”?

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