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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. 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) “Fiery eyes.”
(d) “Eyes like opals.”

2. When Jack suggests that “the castle” would make an excellent fort in Chapter 6: “Beast from Air,” this is an example of what literary technique?
(a) Religious allusion.
(b) Foreshadowing.
(c) Onomatopoeia.
(d) Interrogation.

3. The narrator notes when the feast begins to die down in Chapter 9: “A View to a Death,” “Evening was come, not with calm beauty but with” what?
(a) “A solemn reverence.”
(b) “The threat of violence.”
(c) “The threat of rain.”
(d) “The power of sacrifice.”

4. What British slang word is used throughout the narrative to mean excellent or wonderful?
(a) “Rad.”
(b) “Wizard.”
(c) “Masterly.”
(d) “Doge.”

5. 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) Guns.
(d) Bows and arrows.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who is the only boy that is helping Ralph build the shelters in Chapter 3: “Huts on the Beach”?

2. Which of the boys comes up to Ralph at the castle to ask in Chapter 6: “Beast from Air,” “Why can’t we stay here for a bit?”

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

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

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

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