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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 8.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who asks Jack as he disembowels the pig, “How can we make a fire?” in Chapter 8: “Gift for the Darkness”?
(a) Henry.
(b) Percival.
(c) Maurice.
(d) Roger.

2. Who suggests the boys use Piggy’s glasses to start the fire in Chapter 2: “Fire on the Mountain”?
(a) Henry.
(b) Johnny.
(c) Piggy.
(d) Jack.

3. In Chapter 3: “Huts on the Beach,” the narrator states, “The silence of the forest was more oppressive than” what?
(a) “The isolation.”
(b) “The danger.”
(c) “The heat.”
(d) “The permanence.”

4. What is the meaning of the word “interminable,” used in Chapter 6: “Beast from Air”?
(a) Near-sighted.
(b) Cruel.
(c) Unending.
(d) Far-sighted.

5. How many of the boys raise their hands when Jack demands of them, “Who thinks Ralph oughtn’t to be chief?” in Chapter 8: “Gift for the Darkness”?
(a) 0.
(b) 2.
(c) 10.
(d) 3.

Short Answer Questions

1. What word used in Chapter 4: “Painted Faces and Long Hair” refers to a warlike or aggressively hostile nature or attitude?

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

3. Jack claims at the meeting in the beginning of Chapter 8: “Gift for the Darkness” that Ralph “says things like” whom?

4. What color is the cliff of rock that forms the side of the castle described as in Chapter 6: “Beast from Air”?

5. Who agrees to go back through the forest to the shelters and the littluns as the other boys head toward the mountain in Chapter 7: “Shadows and Tall Trees”?

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