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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 6.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. The word “leviathan” that is used in Chapter 6: “Beast from Air” refers to what?
(a) A political organization.
(b) A hawk.
(c) A spaceship.
(d) A sea monster.

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

3. As Ralph prepares for the assembly in Chapter 5: “Beast from Water” he considers to himself, “I can’t think. Not like” whom?
(a) “Jack.”
(b) “Piggy.”
(c) “Simon.”
(d) “Johnny.”

4. As the big boys set out to hunt down the beast in Chapter 6: “Beast from Air,” the narrator states, “This day promised, like the others, to be a sunbath under” what?
(a) “A red dome.”
(b) “A parched sky.”
(c) “A blue dome.”
(d) “A violent sky.”

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Which of the boys are thoughtful enough to bring leaves for the signal fire in Chapter 2: “Fire on the Mountain”?

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

3. What color is the cliff of rock that forms the side of the castle described as in Chapter 6: “Beast from Air”?

4. Who picks up Percival and carries him to a shelter in the beginning of Chapter 6: “Beast from Air”?

5. 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”?

(see the answer key)

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