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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) Ralph.
(b) Piggy.
(c) Simon.
(d) Maurice.

2. What word, used to describe Ralph’s feelings about the shell in Chapter 5: “Beast from Water,” refers to a feeling of deep respect tinged with awe?
(a) Reverence.
(b) Vicissitude.
(c) Simile.
(d) Belligerence.

3. 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?
(a) Minaret.
(b) Charlatan.
(c) Sepal.
(d) Prefect.

4. 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) Simon.
(b) Maurice.
(c) Henry.
(d) Percival.

5. Jack tells his hunters at the meeting in the beginning of Chapter 8: “Gift for the Darkness” that Ralph said they are all what?
(a) Murderers.
(b) Monsters.
(c) Savages.
(d) Cowards.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Who are described as “the smallest boys on the island” in Chapter 4: “Painted Faces and Long Hair”?

3. One of the twins asks the other if he remembers what character from school in Chapter 6: “Beast from Air”?

4. What ocean is described as surrounding the island in Chapter 4: “Painted Faces and Long Hair”?

5. What British slang word is used throughout the narrative to mean excellent or wonderful?

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