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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who obeys when Jack orders “Give me a drink” after he’s eaten at the feast in Chapter 9: “A View to a Death”?
(a) Johnny.
(b) Percival.
(c) Piggy.
(d) Henry.

2. 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) “Baby pigs.”
(b) “Rotten fruit.”
(c) “Spears.”
(d) “Rotten eggs.”

3. What ailment does Simon seemingly suffer from in Lord of the Flies?
(a) Epilepsy
(b) Color-blindness.
(c) Tuberculosis.
(d) Asthma.

4. What part of his body gives Simon frequent pain as he makes his way through the jungle in Chapter 9: “A View to a Death”?
(a) His tongue.
(b) His arm.
(c) His leg.
(d) His back.

5. Who is the only boy that is helping Ralph build the shelters in Chapter 3: “Huts on the Beach”?
(a) Henry.
(b) Jack.
(c) Johnny.
(d) Simon.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Simon discover “the beast” to actually be in Chapter 9: “A View to a Death”?

2. The word “leviathan” that is used in Chapter 6: “Beast from Air” refers to what?

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

4. 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”?

5. What is the meaning of the word “interminable,” used in Chapter 6: “Beast from Air”?

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