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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What happens to the body of the boy who is killed during the ritual in Chapter 9: “A View to a Death”?
(a) It is eaten by vultures.
(b) It is eaten by boars.
(c) It is carried away by the tide.
(d) It is impaled on a stick.

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

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 power of sacrifice.”
(d) “The threat of rain.”

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

Short Answer Questions

1. One of the twins asks the other if he remembers what character from school in Chapter 6: “Beast from Air”?

2. What does the word “vicissitude” mean, as used in Chapter 3: “Huts on the Beach”?

3. Who portrays the pig in the ritual dance after the feast in Chapter 9: “A View to a Death”?

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

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

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