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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 4.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What literary technique is used in the following sentence from Chapter 4: “Painted Faces and Long Hair”? “When the sun sank, darkness dropped on the island like an extinguisher.”
(a) Dramatic irony.
(b) Onomatopoeia.
(c) Simile.
(d) Literary allusion.

2. What word used in Chapter 4: “Painted Faces and Long Hair” refers to a warlike or aggressively hostile nature or attitude?
(a) Vicissitude.
(b) Declivity.
(c) Belligerence.
(d) Mirage.

3. Between what two characters is there a developing conflict that is foreshadowed in Chapter 3: “Huts on the Beach”?
(a) Piggy and Johnny.
(b) Jack and Ralph.
(c) Simon and Maurice.
(d) Henry and Maurice.

4. What is the name of the first little boy that arrives from the jungle when Ralph blows on the shell in Chapter 1: “The Sound of the Shell”?
(a) Simon.
(b) Maurice.
(c) Johnny.
(d) Henry.

5. What word used in Chapter 3: “Huts on the Beach” refers to the individual leaves or parts of the calyx of a flower?
(a) Stamens.
(b) Plots.
(c) Sepals.
(d) Cultivars.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Jack ask Ralph for when he arrives at the camp in Chapter 3: “Huts on the Beach”?

2. What kinds of wild animals have the boys discovered living on the island in Chapter 2: “Fire on the Mountain”?

3. What are the boys from the choir wearing when they arrive on the beach in Chapter 1: “The Sound of the Shell”?

4. Which “littlun” is unaccounted for at the end of Chapter 2: “Fire on the Mountain”?

5. Which of the boys are thoughtful enough to bring leaves for the signal fire in Chapter 2: “Fire on the Mountain”?

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