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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 3.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What word used in Chapter 3: “Huts on the Beach” is an adjective indicating that something is under the surface?
(a) Declivity.
(b) Vicissitude.
(c) Submerged.
(d) Obstinate.

2. What is Piggy’s answer when Ralph asks him in Chapter 1: “The Sound of the Shell,” “What’s your father?”
(a) “My dad is a carpenter.”
(b) “My dad left us.”
(c) “My dad’s dead.”
(d) “My dad is a butcher.”

3. One of the rules that Ralph establishes at the meeting in Chapter 2: “Fire on the Mountain” is that no one may speak at the meetings unless he is holding what?
(a) The spear.
(b) The staff.
(c) The stone.
(d) The shell.

4. The members of the choir have adjusted their choir hats to resemble what, in Chapter 2: “Fire on the Mountain”?
(a) Cowboy hats.
(b) Berets.
(c) Wizard hats.
(d) Fedoras.

5. Between what two characters is there a developing conflict that is foreshadowed in Chapter 3: “Huts on the Beach”?
(a) Piggy and Johnny.
(b) Jack and Ralph.
(c) Henry and Maurice.
(d) Simon and Maurice.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who leads the boys to the mountaintop in order to begin building a signal fire in Chapter 2: “Fire on the Mountain”?

2. When the choir assumes guardianship of the fire, what group within them is assigned fire-duty during the first week in Chapter 2: “Fire on the Mountain”?

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

4. Who suggests that the boys hold a vote for the chief in Chapter 1: “The Sound of the Shell”?

5. What physical ailment does Piggy say he suffers from in Chapter 1: “The Sound of the Shell”?

(see the answer key)

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