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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 7.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. In Ralph’s memory in Chapter 7: “Shadows and Tall Trees,” he recalls following his father from Chatham to where?
(a) Davenport.
(b) London.
(c) New York.
(d) Willoughby.

3. Who is back at the shelters with the littluns as the other boys are on the hunt for the beast in Chapter 7: “Shadows and Tall Trees”?
(a) Ralph.
(b) Maurice.
(c) Piggy.
(d) Simon.

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

5. Who is the only boy who does not help gather firewood in Chapter 2: “Fire on the Mountain”?
(a) Ralph.
(b) Robert.
(c) Piggy.
(d) Simon.

Short Answer Questions

1. 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?”

2. Who are described as “the smallest boys on the island” in Chapter 4: “Painted Faces and Long Hair”?

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

4. Who is described in Chapter 4: “Painted Faces and Long Hair” as “the only boy on the island whose hair never seemed to grow”?

5. Simon makes an allusion to what English Queen in Chapter 7: “Shadows and Tall Trees”?

(see the answer key)

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