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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does the word “furtive” mean, as used in Chapter 3: “Huts on the Beach”?
(a) Personalized.
(b) Savage.
(c) Pointless.
(d) Stealthy.

2. Ralph tells Piggy in Chapter 1: “The Sound of the Shell” that his father holds what position?
(a) Magazine Editor.
(b) Commander of the Navy.
(c) Ambassador to Egypt.
(d) Journalist.

3. What kind of shell do Ralph and Piggy discover on the beach in Chapter 1: “The Sound of the Shell”?
(a) A conch shell.
(b) A Florida auger.
(c) A slipper shell.
(d) An alphabet cone.

4. 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) Literary allusion.
(b) Simile.
(c) Onomatopoeia.
(d) Dramatic irony.

5. 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.

Short Answer Questions

1. Which of the littluns has been left “in triumphant possession of the castles” after the others have run off in Chapter 4: “Painted Faces and Long Hair”?

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

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

4. Who is described in Chapter 4: “Painted Faces and Long Hair” as “the only boy on the island whose hair never seemed to grow”?

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

(see the answer key)

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