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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 political organization.
(c) A spaceship.
(d) A hawk.

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

3. What color hair is Simon said to have in Chapter 3: “Huts on the Beach”?
(a) Red.
(b) Black.
(c) Blonde.
(d) Brown.

4. The “half-cave” that Ralph and Jack encounter while looking for the beast is said to contain “nothing more terrible than a clutch of” what, in Chapter 6: “Beast from Air”?
(a) “Spears.”
(b) “Rotten fruit.”
(c) “Rotten eggs.”
(d) “Baby pigs.”

5. 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 parched sky.”
(b) “A blue dome.”
(c) “A red dome.”
(d) “A violent sky.”

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Ralph tell Piggy is “the only thing to do” in Chapter 9: “A View to a Death”?

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

3. What color is the cliff of rock that forms the side of the castle described as in Chapter 6: “Beast from Air”?

4. Who obeys when Jack orders “Give me a drink” after he’s eaten at the feast in Chapter 9: “A View to a Death”?

5. What does Simon say when he first speaks aloud in the jungle in Chapter 9: “A View to a Death”?

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