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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. In Chapter 11: “Castle Rock,” the narrator says, “There was no sign left of the storm, and the beach was swept clean like a blade that has been scoured.” What literary technique is used in this sentence?

2. What word is used in Chapter 10: “The Shell and the Glasses” to mean pertaining to the study of religious truth or divinity?

3. What do the twins and Piggy bring back to Ralph from the forest in Chapter 8: “Gift for the Darkness”?

4. What ailment does Simon seemingly suffer from in Lord of the Flies?

5. When Ralph looks back to Castle Rock from the forest in the beginning of Chapter 12: “Cry of the Hunters,” who does he see “sitting on guard at the top of the cliff” with “a spear in his left hand and tossing up a pebble and catching it again with the right”?

Short Essay Questions

1. What do Ralph and his companions decide to do about the fire in Chapter 8: “Gift for the Darkness”?

2. How does Ralph attempt to escape the hunters in Chapter 12: “Cry of the Hunters”?

3. How does Piggy die in Chapter 11: “Castle Rock”? Who is responsible for his death?

4. What confrontation takes place between Jack and Ralph in Chapter 9: “A View to a Death”?

5. What is Ralph doing in the beginning of Chapter 12: “Cry of the Hunters”? What news does he learn from the twins?

6. What happens when one of the hunters spots a pig in Chapter 7: “Shadows and Tall Trees”?

7. What is symbolized by the destruction of the conch shell in Chapter 11: “Castle Rock”?

8. What does Jack announce at the meeting in the beginning of Chapter 8: “Gift for the Darkness”?

9. What conflicts arise when Jack arrives at the fort in Chapter 11: “Castle Rock”?

10. What is ironic about the denouement of Lord of the Flies?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Discuss the characters of Percival, Johnny, and Henry, as introduced in Chapter 4. How old are the majority of the “littluns” on the island? How do these characters spend most of their time on the island? What fears compel the littluns in the story?

Essay Topic 2

Discuss the narrative point of view of Lord of the Flies. Is the story related from a first, second, or third person perspective? Is the narrator’s point of view limited or omniscient? Is the story told in the present or past tense? What effect do these choices of the author’s have on the reader?

Essay Topic 3

Discuss the role reversal of Ralph and Jack as seen in Chapter 5. How does Jack behave toward Ralph at the meeting? What does this suggest about Jack’s level of contempt for Ralph and his rules? What has caused the change in Jack’s behavior?

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