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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Which of the boys are thoughtful enough to bring leaves for the signal fire in Chapter 2: “Fire on the Mountain”?
(a) Sam and Eric.
(b) Johnny and Percival.
(c) Henry and Maurice.
(d) Simon and Peter.

2. When Jack arrives at the huts, Ralph says that his hunters have been back at camp hours ago and have been doing what, in Chapter 3: “Huts on the Beach”?
(a) Making sand castles.
(b) Building a boat.
(c) Swimming.
(d) Sunbathing.

3. The members of the choir have adjusted their choir hats to resemble what, in Chapter 2: “Fire on the Mountain”?
(a) Berets.
(b) Wizard hats.
(c) Cowboy hats.
(d) Fedoras.

4. Who leads the boys to the mountaintop in order to begin building a signal fire in Chapter 2: “Fire on the Mountain”?
(a) Johnny.
(b) Jack.
(c) Henry.
(d) Ralph.

5. When the boys are trying to figure out how to light a fire in Chapter 2: “Fire on the Mountain,” who says, “You make a bow and spin the arrow”?
(a) Simon.
(b) Maurice.
(c) Roger.
(d) Johnny.

Short Answer Questions

1. The narrator says in Chapter 4: “Painted Faces and Long Hair,” “At midday the illusions merged into the sky and there the sun gazed down like” what?

2. What ocean is described as surrounding the island in Chapter 4: “Painted Faces and Long Hair”?

3. In Ralph’s memory in Chapter 7: “Shadows and Tall Trees,” he recalls following his father from Chatham to where?

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

5. Who acts as Ralph’s witness that he hit the boar with the spear in Chapter 7: “Shadows and Tall Trees,” saying “I saw you. Right bang on his snout—Wheee!”?

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