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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Simon makes an allusion to what English Queen in Chapter 7: “Shadows and Tall Trees”?
(a) Queen Victoria.
(b) Berengaria of Navarre.
(c) Eleanor of Rigby.
(d) Queen Elizabeth.

2. Who obeys when Jack orders “Give me a drink” after he’s eaten at the feast in Chapter 9: “A View to a Death”?
(a) Johnny.
(b) Percival.
(c) Piggy.
(d) Henry.

3. Who does Piggy say was murdered in Chapter 11: “Castle Rock”?
(a) Jack.
(b) Simon.
(c) Roger.
(d) Robert.

4. The narrator states in Chapter 8: “Gift for the Darkness,” “The greatest ideas are the” what?
(a) “Simplest.”
(b) “Most derisive.”
(c) “Hardest.”
(d) “Most complex.”

5. Who cuts his knee quite badly as the boys move along the rocks of the shoreline in Chapter 7: “Shadows and Tall Trees”?
(a) Ralph.
(b) Roger.
(c) Robert.
(d) Jack.

6. Who calls to Ralph and the others as they approach Jack’s fortress in Chapter 11: “Castle Rock,” saying “Halt! Who goes there?”
(a) Simon.
(b) Roger.
(c) Robert.
(d) Phil.

7. What colors of face paint is Jack described as wearing in Chapter 10: “The Shell and the Glasses”?
(a) Brown and black.
(b) Black and blue.
(c) Red and white.
(d) Red and green.

8. What is Ralph said to be laying in at the beginning of Chapter 12: “Cry of the Hunters”?
(a) A pig den.
(b) A covert.
(c) A cave.
(d) A pile of hay.

9. Who lights the new fire in Chapter 8: “Gift for the Darkness”?
(a) Jack.
(b) Johnny.
(c) Simon.
(d) Piggy.

10. How are the hunters able to find the wounded sow in Chapter 8: “Gift for the Darkness”?
(a) By the smell of her.
(b) By the squealing sounds.
(c) By the trail of her piglets.
(d) By the trail of blood.

11. What symbolic object in the novel was destroyed when Piggy died?
(a) The staff.
(b) The pig's head.
(c) The knife.
(d) The shell.

12. Who does Jack order his tribe to capture and tie up in Chapter 11: “Castle Rock”?
(a) Piggy and Ralph.
(b) Henry and Roger.
(c) Sam and Eric.
(d) Percival and Bill.

13. In the end of Chapter 12: “Cry of the Hunters,” Ralph is said to weep for “the end of innocence, the darkness of man’s heart,” and for the death of what “true, wise friend”?
(a) Sam.
(b) Simon.
(c) Piggy.
(d) Jack.

14. In the beginning of Chapter 7: “Shadows and Tall Trees,” Ralph wishes that he had a pair of scissors to do what?
(a) Cut his shorts.
(b) Cut a boat sail.
(c) Cut his hair.
(d) Cut his shirt sleeves.

15. Who portrays the pig in the ritual dance after the feast in Chapter 9: “A View to a Death”?
(a) Simon.
(b) Piggy.
(c) Roger.
(d) Ralph.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who pulls the lever that drops the boulder, killing Piggy, in Chapter 11: “Castle Rock”?

2. What does the word “myopia” mean, as used in Chapter 11: “Castle Rock”?

3. What word from Chapter 7: “Shadows and Tall Trees” means rich abundance or lushness?

4. What does the officer say drew his crew to the island in Chapter 12: “Cry of the Hunters”?

5. When Ralph and Piggy arrive at the feast in Chapter 9: “A View to a Death,” which of the boys, “thinking that Ralph had turned to him accusingly, put down his gnawed bone with a nervous giggle”?

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