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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Which boy interrupts Jack when he is talking about the beast appearing in disguise to say, “But didn’t we, didn’t we--?” in Chapter 10: “The Shell and the Glasses”?
(a) Stanley.
(b) Wilfred.
(c) Maurice.
(d) Roger.

2. What does the imagery surrounding the vast sea symbolize in Chapter 7: “Shadows and Tall Trees”?
(a) Ralph’s mother.
(b) Piggy.
(c) Brotherly love.
(d) Eternity.

3. After the ritual in Chapter 9: “A View to a Death,” the narrator says, “Along the shoreward edge of the shallows the advancing clearness was full of strange, moonbeam-bodied creatures with” what?
(a) “Fiery eyes.”
(b) “Mystical eyes.”
(c) “Eyes like opals.”
(d) “Hopeful eyes.”

4. Simon makes an allusion to what English Queen in Chapter 7: “Shadows and Tall Trees”?
(a) Eleanor of Rigby.
(b) Berengaria of Navarre.
(c) Queen Elizabeth.
(d) Queen Victoria.

5. Ralph wheels on the hunters during the assembly in Chapter 5: “Beast from Water” and says “You can laugh! But I tell you the smoke is more important than” what?
(a) “The pig.”
(b) “The birds.”
(c) “The beast.”
(d) “The snake.”

Short Answer Questions

1. What kind of store does Piggy say his auntie used to run in Chapter 1: “The Sound of the Shell”?

2. What word from Chapter 5: “Beast from Water” refers to a contortion of the body caused by violent, involuntary muscular contractions?

3. What are the boys from the choir wearing when they arrive on the beach in Chapter 1: “The Sound of the Shell”?

4. What is Percival’s full name that he states in Chapter 5: “Beast from Water”?

5. What suggestion does Simon make when he takes the shell at the meeting in Chapter 8: “Gift for the Darkness”?

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