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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. What type of message does Glenn deliver over the phone?

2. What town is the setting for the play?

3. What is the name of the deputy sheriff who is onstage at the opening of the first act?

4. What is Chuck's occupation?

5. When Dan makes a threat about getting a gun and using it, what is Griffin's response?

Short Essay Questions

1. What happens to Dan when returning from picking up Griffin's money? How is Dan feeling at this point?

2. What does Griffin order Cindy to do with some of Helen's money and why?

3. What does Carson tell Dan the police will do after Dan returns to his house?

4. What happens to Griffin when he leaves the Hilliard house?

5. During the first scene at the Hilliard house, how does Eleanor feel when her family are all gone off to their daily places, and what does she do?

6. Who shows up at the house that night?

7. How does Dan react when the police pick up Cindy and Flick and what does he believe?

8. Why is Dan Hilliard suspicious when he arrives home?

9. What do the police know about Flick and what does Bard order?

10. How does Dan feel and what does he say about Cindy?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Dan and Glen are two of the most influential characters in Lord of the Flies and have a major impact on the rest of the characters in the story.

Part 1) Compare and contrast the characters of Dan and Glen. How are they the same? How are they different?

Part 2) What do you think would have happened if these two characters, Dan and Glen, never existed in the story, i.e., if Eleanor was a single mom and she and her children are held hostage by Hank and Robish? Use events from the book where the direct influence of Dan and Glen had an impact on others.

Part 3) Who is the better leader, Dan or Glenn? Cite several examples from the book to support your case.

Essay Topic 2

Chuck, Cindy's boyfriend, gets a gun and decides to sneak up on the house from the back and enter into the hostage situation. Answer the following questions in a well-developed essay using examples from the book as well as personal experience:

1. Is it wise of Chuck to go into such a situation especially carrying a gun?

2. Why do you think Chuck thinks he would be of help? Is this a macho man act or is he motivated by his love for Cindy and by extension, her family?

3. Compare and contrast the actions of Chuck to those of Robish. Are these two classic examples of good and evil? Is anyone ever completely evil or completely good?

Essay Topic 3

In Act 2, the setting jumps back and forth between the Hillards' home and the Sheriff's office. Tension seems to be mounting in both places. Answer the following questions in a well-developed essay using examples from the book as well as personal experience:

1. How does the jumping back and forth between the two settings contribute to the rising drama and suspense? Or does it? Is it an effective technique?

2. Discuss the different manifestations of the tension in each setting and how each person is responding to the tension.

3. How does Chuck's

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