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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Which of the littluns does Roger follow to the beach and begin throwing stones at in Chapter 4: “Painted Faces and Long Hair”?
(a) Simon.
(b) Maurice.
(c) Johnny.
(d) Henry.

2. One of the rules that Ralph establishes at the meeting in Chapter 2: “Fire on the Mountain” is that no one may speak at the meetings unless he is holding what?
(a) The staff.
(b) The shell.
(c) The stone.
(d) The spear.

3. 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?
(a) “The beast.”
(b) “The birds.”
(c) “The pig.”
(d) “The snake.”

4. 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”?
(a) Johnny.
(b) Maurice.
(c) Roger.
(d) Simon.

5. What word used in Chapter 3: “Huts on the Beach” is an adjective indicating that something is under the surface?
(a) Obstinate.
(b) Declivity.
(c) Submerged.
(d) Vicissitude.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is Percival’s full name that he states in Chapter 5: “Beast from Water”?

2. How old is Ralph said to be in Chapter 1: “The Sound of the Shell”?

3. What does Jack ask Ralph for when he arrives at the camp in Chapter 3: “Huts on the Beach”?

4. What is the name of the littlun that the narrator describes crawling into a shelter and staying there for two days, “talking, singing, and crying, till they thought him batty and were faintly amused” in Chapter 4: “Painted Faces and Long Hair”?

5. What word used in Chapter 3: “Huts on the Beach” refers to a downward slope of ground?

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