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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. 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) Robert.
(b) Roger.
(c) Simon.
(d) Maurice.

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) Sunbathing.
(b) Making sand castles.
(c) Swimming.
(d) Building a boat.

3. Where are the boys in Lord of the Flies from originally?
(a) The United States.
(b) France.
(c) Ireland.
(d) England.

4. How old is Ralph said to be in Chapter 1: “The Sound of the Shell”?
(a) 8.
(b) 10.
(c) 12.
(d) 15.

5. What does Jack ask Ralph for when he arrives at the camp in Chapter 3: “Huts on the Beach”?
(a) The shell.
(b) Water.
(c) A spear.
(d) Piggy's glass.

Short Answer Questions

1. 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”?

2. What does the boy with the birthmark first call “the beastie” in Chapter 2: “Fire on the Mountain”?

3. Piggy tells Ralph in Chapter 1: “The Sound of the Shell” that he’s worn glasses since he was how old?

4. What word used in Chapter 4: “Painted Faces and Long Hair” refers to a warlike or aggressively hostile nature or attitude?

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

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