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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. The word “leviathan” that is used in Chapter 6: “Beast from Air” refers to what?
(a) A sea monster.
(b) A hawk.
(c) A political organization.
(d) A spaceship.

2. What does Simon hand to the littluns after they’ve followed him into the forest in Chapter 3: “Huts on the Beach”?
(a) Meat.
(b) Candy.
(c) Spears.
(d) Fruit.

3. As the big boys set out to hunt down the beast in Chapter 6: “Beast from Air,” the narrator states, “This day promised, like the others, to be a sunbath under” what?
(a) “A violent sky.”
(b) “A blue dome.”
(c) “A red dome.”
(d) “A parched sky.”

4. What adjective used in Chapter 6: “Beast from Air” to describe Simon means lacking confidence in one’s own ability, worth, or fitness?
(a) Reverent.
(b) Diffident.
(c) Belligerent.
(d) Opulent.

5. What color eyes is Jack said to have in Chapter 3: “Huts on the Beach”?
(a) Black.
(b) Green.
(c) Blue.
(d) Brown.

Short Answer Questions

1. What word used in Chapter 3: “Huts on the Beach” refers to the individual leaves or parts of the calyx of a flower?

2. 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?

3. Who picks up Percival and carries him to a shelter in the beginning of Chapter 6: “Beast from Air”?

4. Between what two characters is there a developing conflict that is foreshadowed in Chapter 3: “Huts on the Beach”?

5. In Chapter 3: “Huts on the Beach,” the narrator states, “The silence of the forest was more oppressive than” what?

(see the answer key)

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