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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 2.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. The author uses the following sentence in Chapter 2: “Fire on the Mountain”: “The flames, as though they were a kind of wild life, crept as a jaguar creeps on its belly toward a line of birch-like saplings that fledged an outcrop of the pink rock.” What literary technique is used in this sentence?
(a) Literary allusion.
(b) Personification.
(c) Simile.
(d) Onomatopoeia.

2. What is the meaning of the word “ebullience,” used in Chapter 2: “Fire on the Mountain”?
(a) Belligerence.
(b) Exhilaration.
(c) Luxuriance.
(d) Vicissitude.

3. Who is the only boy who does not help gather firewood in Chapter 2: “Fire on the Mountain”?
(a) Robert.
(b) Ralph.
(c) Simon.
(d) Piggy.

4. The first boy that appears after Ralph blows the sounds on the shell is said to be about how old in Chapter 1: “The Sound of the Shell”?
(a) 6.
(b) 10.
(c) 3.
(d) 8.

5. Where are the boys in Lord of the Flies from originally?
(a) Ireland.
(b) England.
(c) The United States.
(d) France.

Short Answer Questions

1. Piggy tells Ralph in Chapter 1: “The Sound of the Shell” that he’s worn glasses since he was how old?

2. 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”?

3. Who suggests the boys use Piggy’s glasses to start the fire in Chapter 2: “Fire on the Mountain”?

4. What color is Jack Merridew’s hair in the novel?

5. What are the names of the twins that appear on the beach in Chapter 1: “The Sound of the Shell”?

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