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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is the meaning of the word “ebullience,” used in Chapter 2: “Fire on the Mountain”?
(a) Exhilaration.
(b) Luxuriance.
(c) Belligerence.
(d) Vicissitude.

2. The narrator says in Chapter 4: “Painted Faces and Long Hair,” “At midday the illusions merged into the sky and there the sun gazed down like” what?
(a) “A great bird.”
(b) “A loving overlord.”
(c) “An angry eye.”
(d) “A parent’s eye.”

3. The first boy that appears after Ralph blows the sounds on the shell is said to be about how old in Chapter 1: “The Sound of the Shell”?
(a) 10.
(b) 8.
(c) 3.
(d) 6.

4. 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) Sam and Eric.
(d) Percival and Maurice.

5. What weapons have Jack and the choir boys devised for hunting game on the island in Chapter 3: “Huts on the Beach”?
(a) Blowguns.
(b) Bows and arrows.
(c) Spears.
(d) Guns.

Short Answer Questions

1. 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”?

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. What ocean is described as surrounding the island in Chapter 4: “Painted Faces and Long Hair”?

4. Who is the only boy that is helping Ralph build the shelters in Chapter 3: “Huts on the Beach”?

5. Of the three littluns that are described together playing by the sandcastles in Chapter 4: “Painted Faces and Long Hair,” who is described as “the biggest of them”?

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