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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 10.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who is back at the shelters with the littluns as the other boys are on the hunt for the beast in Chapter 7: “Shadows and Tall Trees”?
(a) Maurice.
(b) Piggy.
(c) Simon.
(d) Ralph.

2. During Piggy’s speech at the podium during the assembly he declares that “Life is” what, in Chapter 5: “Beast from Water”?
(a) “Scientific.”
(b) “Futile.”
(c) “Meaningless.”
(d) “Hopeful.”

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

4. In Ralph’s memory in Chapter 7: “Shadows and Tall Trees,” he recalls following his father from Chatham to where?
(a) Davenport.
(b) Willoughby.
(c) New York.
(d) London.

5. What is Percival’s full name that he states in Chapter 5: “Beast from Water”?
(a) Percival Wemys Madison.
(b) Percival William Jackson.
(c) Percival James Anderson.
(d) Percival Henry Waterson.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who slaps Johnny when he bursts into tears during the impromptu meeting the morning after the beast has been spotted in Chapter 6: “Beast from Air”?

2. Who says that the boys can’t go start a fire on the mountain because they don’t have the spectacles in Chapter 7: “Shadows and Tall Trees”?

3. In Chapter 10: “The Shell and the Glasses,” Ralph claims that what happened during the ritual was murder. What does Piggy desperately claim it was instead?

4. As Ralph prepares for the assembly in Chapter 5: “Beast from Water” he considers to himself, “I can’t think. Not like” whom?

5. The first boy that appears after Ralph blows the sounds on the shell is said to be about how old in Chapter 1: “The Sound of the Shell”?

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