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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What are the names of the twins that appear on the beach in Chapter 1: “The Sound of the Shell”?
(a) Percival and Maurice.
(b) Roger and Robert.
(c) Sam and Eric.
(d) Simon and Johnny.

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

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

4. Which of the boys had, in his “other life… received chastisement for filling a younger eye with sand,” according to the narrator in Chapter 4: “Painted Faces and Long Hair”?
(a) Roger.
(b) Simon.
(c) Robert.
(d) Maurice.

5. When the choir assumes guardianship of the fire, what group within them is assigned fire-duty during the first week in Chapter 2: “Fire on the Mountain”?
(a) The altos.
(b) The trebles.
(c) The sopranos.
(d) The basses.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What word used in Chapter 3: “Huts on the Beach” refers to a downward slope of ground?

3. What word does Piggy use in Chapter 4: “Painted Faces and Long Hair” to refer to images that appeared on the horizon and then disappeared as the boys watched?

4. What weapons have Jack and the choir boys devised for hunting game on the island in Chapter 3: “Huts on the Beach”?

5. One of the rules that Ralph establishes at the meeting in Chapter 2: “Fire on the Mountain” is that no one may speak at the meetings unless he is holding what?

(see the answer key)

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