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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. 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 trebles.
(b) The basses.
(c) The sopranos.
(d) The altos.

2. 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) Mulberry-colored.
(c) Crimson-colored.
(d) Black-colored.

3. When does Piggy surmise the war will be over when he speaks at the assembly in Chapter 5: “Beast from Water”?
(a) Tomorrow or the next day.
(b) Three or four years.
(c) In a few months.
(d) A year or two.

4. What physical ailment does Piggy say he suffers from in Chapter 1: “The Sound of the Shell”?
(a) Tuberculosis.
(b) Epilepsy.
(c) Partial deafness.
(d) Asthma.

5. How old does Ralph say he was when his father taught him to swim in Chapter 1: “The Sound of the Shell”?
(a) 5.
(b) 8.
(c) 6.
(d) 2.

Short Answer Questions

1. Ralph wheels on the hunters during the assembly in Chapter 5: “Beast from Water” and says “You can laugh! But I tell you the smoke is more important than” what?

2. During Piggy’s speech at the podium during the assembly he declares that “Life is” what, in Chapter 5: “Beast from Water”?

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

4. 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?

5. What color are the pig droppings that Jack finds in the forest in Chapter 3: “Huts on the Beach”?

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