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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What color eyes is Jack said to have in Chapter 3: “Huts on the Beach”?
(a) Blue.
(b) Brown.
(c) Green.
(d) Black.

3. Piggy tells Ralph in Chapter 1: “The Sound of the Shell” that he’s worn glasses since he was how old?
(a) 2.
(b) 4.
(c) 3.
(d) 6.

4. 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”?
(a) The basses.
(b) The trebles.
(c) The altos.
(d) The sopranos.

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

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

3. What does the word “furtive” mean, as used in Chapter 3: “Huts on the Beach”?

4. What weapons have Jack and the choir boys devised for hunting game on the island in Chapter 3: “Huts on the Beach”?

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

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