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

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 great bird.”
(b) “A parent’s eye.”
(c) “A loving overlord.”
(d) “An angry eye.”

2. Which of the boys volunteer to go along with Jack to steal fire from the other camp that night in Chapter 10: “The Shell and the Glasses”?
(a) James and Peter.
(b) Maurice and Roger.
(c) Robert and Simon.
(d) Bill and Stewart.

3. Jack claims at the meeting in the beginning of Chapter 8: “Gift for the Darkness” that Ralph “says things like” whom?
(a) Charlatan.
(b) Prefect.
(c) Minaret.
(d) Sepal.

4. 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”?
(a) Maurice.
(b) Henry.
(c) Simon.
(d) Johnny.

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

Short Answer Questions

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

2. In Ralph’s memory in Chapter 7: “Shadows and Tall Trees,” he recalls following his father from Chatham to where?

3. What color are the pig droppings that Jack finds in the forest in Chapter 3: “Huts on the Beach”?

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

5. Which of the boys comes up to Ralph at the castle to ask in Chapter 6: “Beast from Air,” “Why can’t we stay here for a bit?”

(see the answer key)

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