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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What weapons have Jack and the choir boys devised for hunting game on the island in Chapter 3: “Huts on the Beach”?
(a) Bows and arrows.
(b) Spears.
(c) Guns.
(d) Blowguns.

2. What does the boy with the birthmark first call “the beastie” in Chapter 2: “Fire on the Mountain”?
(a) “The wolf-thing.”
(b) “The bear-thing.”
(c) “The snake-thing.”
(d) “The bird-thing.”

3. Of the three littluns that are described together playing by the sandcastles in Chapter 4: “Painted Faces and Long Hair,” who is described as “the biggest of them”?
(a) Maurice.
(b) Henry.
(c) Simon.
(d) Percival.

4. What physical ailment does Piggy say he suffers from in Chapter 1: “The Sound of the Shell”?
(a) Partial deafness.
(b) Epilepsy.
(c) Asthma.
(d) Tuberculosis.

5. Who is described in Chapter 4: “Painted Faces and Long Hair” as “the only boy on the island whose hair never seemed to grow”?
(a) Jack.
(b) Piggy.
(c) Ralph.
(d) Simon.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Ralph tells Piggy in Chapter 1: “The Sound of the Shell” that his father holds what position?

3. What is the meaning of the word “ebullience,” used in Chapter 2: “Fire on the Mountain”?

4. 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”?

5. Who suggests that the boys hold a vote for the chief in Chapter 1: “The Sound of the Shell”?

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