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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. In Chapter 3: “Huts on the Beach,” the narrator states, “The silence of the forest was more oppressive than” what?
(a) “The heat.”
(b) “The danger.”
(c) “The isolation.”
(d) “The permanence.”

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

3. How old is Ralph said to be in Chapter 1: “The Sound of the Shell”?
(a) 8.
(b) 10.
(c) 12.
(d) 15.

4. Which of the boys are thoughtful enough to bring leaves for the signal fire in Chapter 2: “Fire on the Mountain”?
(a) Johnny and Percival.
(b) Henry and Maurice.
(c) Sam and Eric.
(d) Simon and Peter.

5. Which of the older boys leads the way through the sand castles, kicking them over and laughing, in Chapter 4: “Painted Faces and Long Hair”?
(a) Simon.
(b) Roger.
(c) Robert.
(d) Maurice.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What color eyes is Jack said to have in Chapter 3: “Huts on the Beach”?

3. How many of the boys does Ralph say built the second shelter in Chapter 5: “Beast from Water”?

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

5. What word used in Chapter 4: “Painted Faces and Long Hair” refers to a warlike or aggressively hostile nature or attitude?

(see the answer key)

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