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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. The narrator says in Chapter 4: “Painted Faces and Long Hair,” “At midday the illusions merged into the sky and there the sun gazed down like” what?
(a) “A parent’s eye.”
(b) “An angry eye.”
(c) “A great bird.”
(d) “A loving overlord.”

2. Which “littlun” is unaccounted for at the end of Chapter 2: “Fire on the Mountain”?
(a) The boy with the birthmark.
(b) Henry.
(c) The boy with the glasses.
(d) The boy with the wheelchair.

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

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

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) Sepals.
(b) Stamens.
(c) Cultivars.
(d) Plots.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who is the only boy that is helping Ralph build the shelters in Chapter 3: “Huts on the Beach”?

2. Which of the older boys leads the way through the sand castles, kicking them over and laughing, in Chapter 4: “Painted Faces and Long Hair”?

3. From what perspective is the narrative of Lord of the Flies related?

4. 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?

5. 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”?

(see the answer key)

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