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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does the boy with the birthmark first call “the beastie” in Chapter 2: “Fire on the Mountain”?
(a) “The bird-thing.”
(b) “The wolf-thing.”
(c) “The bear-thing.”
(d) “The snake-thing.”

2. What does the word “furtive” mean, as used in Chapter 3: “Huts on the Beach”?
(a) Stealthy.
(b) Pointless.
(c) Personalized.
(d) Savage.

3. What word used in Chapter 3: “Huts on the Beach” refers to a downward slope of ground?
(a) Exhilaration.
(b) Declivity.
(c) Vicissitude.
(d) Simile.

4. 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 is a butcher.”
(d) “My dad’s dead.”

5. What are the names of the twins that appear on the beach in Chapter 1: “The Sound of the Shell”?
(a) Roger and Robert.
(b) Simon and Johnny.
(c) Percival and Maurice.
(d) Sam and Eric.

Short Answer Questions

1. What color is the birthmark described as on the young boy who steps forward at the meeting in Chapter 2: “Fire on the Mountain”?

2. When the boys are trying to figure out how to light a fire in Chapter 2: “Fire on the Mountain,” who says, “You make a bow and spin the arrow”?

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

4. Where are the boys in Lord of the Flies from originally?

5. Which of the boys are thoughtful enough to bring leaves for the signal fire in Chapter 2: “Fire on the Mountain”?

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