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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” refers to a downward slope of ground?
(a) Vicissitude.
(b) Declivity.
(c) Simile.
(d) Exhilaration.

2. What kinds of wild animals have the boys discovered living on the island in Chapter 2: “Fire on the Mountain”?
(a) Foxes.
(b) Turkeys.
(c) Pigs.
(d) Deer.

3. 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) Onomatopoeia.
(b) Simile.
(c) Literary allusion.
(d) Personification.

4. Who leads the boys to the mountaintop in order to begin building a signal fire in Chapter 2: “Fire on the Mountain”?
(a) Johnny.
(b) Ralph.
(c) Henry.
(d) Jack.

5. What color is the birthmark described as on the young boy who steps forward at the meeting in Chapter 2: “Fire on the Mountain”?
(a) Violet-colored.
(b) Crimson-colored.
(c) Black-colored.
(d) Mulberry-colored.

Short Answer Questions

1. What word used in Chapter 3: “Huts on the Beach” is an adjective indicating that something is under the surface?

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

3. In Chapter 3: “Huts on the Beach,” the narrator states, “The silence of the forest was more oppressive than” what?

4. What is the meaning of the word “ebullience,” used in Chapter 2: “Fire on the Mountain”?

5. What color hair is Simon said to have in Chapter 3: “Huts on the Beach”?

(see the answer key)

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