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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 9.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. 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”?
(a) Robert.
(b) Jack.
(c) Roger.
(d) Sam.

2. What weapons have Jack and the choir boys devised for hunting game on the island in Chapter 3: “Huts on the Beach”?
(a) Spears.
(b) Blowguns.
(c) Bows and arrows.
(d) Guns.

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

4. After the ritual in Chapter 9: “A View to a Death,” the narrator says, “Along the shoreward edge of the shallows the advancing clearness was full of strange, moonbeam-bodied creatures with” what?
(a) “Hopeful eyes.”
(b) “Mystical eyes.”
(c) “Eyes like opals.”
(d) “Fiery eyes.”

5. What does Jack ask Ralph for when he arrives at the camp in Chapter 3: “Huts on the Beach”?
(a) Piggy's glass.
(b) Water.
(c) A spear.
(d) The shell.

Short Answer Questions

1. What British slang word is used throughout the narrative to mean excellent or wonderful?

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

3. When Jack arrives at the huts, Ralph says that his hunters have been back at camp hours ago and have been doing what, in Chapter 3: “Huts on the Beach”?

4. What does Simon hand to the littluns after they’ve followed him into the forest in Chapter 3: “Huts on the Beach”?

5. What word used in Chapter 3: “Huts on the Beach” refers to a downward slope of ground?

(see the answer key)

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