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

Multiple Choice 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”?
(a) Bill.
(b) Maurice.
(c) Henry.
(d) Jack.

2. Who suggests the boys use Piggy’s glasses to start the fire in Chapter 2: “Fire on the Mountain”?
(a) Johnny.
(b) Henry.
(c) Piggy.
(d) Jack.

3. Of the three littluns that are described together playing by the sandcastles in Chapter 4: “Painted Faces and Long Hair,” who is described as “the biggest of them”?
(a) Henry.
(b) Percival.
(c) Simon.
(d) Maurice.

4. The narrator says of Ralph in the beginning of Chapter 5: “Beast from Water,” “He found himself understanding the wearisomeness of this life, where every path was an improvisation and a considerable part of one’s waking life was spent watching” what?
(a) “The road behind.”
(b) “One’s back.”
(c) “The road ahead.”
(d) “One’s feet.”

5. What color hair is Simon said to have in Chapter 3: “Huts on the Beach”?
(a) Black.
(b) Brown.
(c) Blonde.
(d) Red.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who asks Jack in Chapter 10: “The Shell and the Glasses,” “What’ll we use for lighting the fire”?

2. Who stops Roger as he approaches the Castle Rock, saying “Halt! Who goes there?” in Chapter 10: “The Shell and the Glasses”?

3. In Chapter 3: “Huts on the Beach,” the narrator states, “The silence of the forest was more oppressive than” what?

4. What is Piggy’s answer when Ralph asks him in Chapter 1: “The Sound of the Shell,” “What’s your father?”

5. What word does Jack use in Chapter 8: “Gift for the Darkness” that refers to a person appointed to a position of command or authority?

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