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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. The members of the choir have adjusted their choir hats to resemble what, in Chapter 2: “Fire on the Mountain”?
(a) Berets.
(b) Fedoras.
(c) Cowboy hats.
(d) Wizard hats.

2. Which of the boys pick up and carry the pig after the kill in Chapter 8: “Gift for the Darkness”?
(a) Maurice and Robert.
(b) Henry and Jack.
(c) Piggy and Percival.
(d) Simon and Ralph.

3. 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?
(a) The shell.
(b) The spear.
(c) The stone.
(d) The staff.

4. What happens to the body of the boy who is killed during the ritual in Chapter 9: “A View to a Death”?
(a) It is eaten by vultures.
(b) It is carried away by the tide.
(c) It is eaten by boars.
(d) It is impaled on a stick.

5. Who asks Jack as he disembowels the pig, “How can we make a fire?” in Chapter 8: “Gift for the Darkness”?
(a) Maurice.
(b) Percival.
(c) Henry.
(d) Roger.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does the word “furtive” mean, as used in Chapter 3: “Huts on the Beach”?

2. What does the word “vicissitude” mean, as used in Chapter 3: “Huts on the Beach”?

3. What word from Chapter 7: “Shadows and Tall Trees” means rich abundance or lushness?

4. In the reenactment of the pig killing in Chapter 8: “Gift for the Darkness,” who portrays the sow?

5. As Ralph drifts to sleep in Chapter 10: “The Shell and the Glasses,” he imagines to himself, “Supposing they could be transported home by jet, then before morning they would land at that big airfield” where?

(see the answer key)

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