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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. 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 loving overlord.”
(b) “A parent’s eye.”
(c) “An angry eye.”
(d) “A great bird.”

2. Who is the only boy who does not help gather firewood in Chapter 2: “Fire on the Mountain”?
(a) Ralph.
(b) Simon.
(c) Robert.
(d) Piggy.

3. 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 shell.
(b) The staff.
(c) The spear.
(d) The stone.

4. What is the name of the littlun that first steps forward to talk about the beast during the assembly in Chapter 5: “Beast from Water”?
(a) Simon.
(b) Maurice.
(c) Johnny.
(d) Phil.

5. Who is described in Chapter 4: “Painted Faces and Long Hair” as “the only boy on the island whose hair never seemed to grow”?
(a) Piggy.
(b) Ralph.
(c) Jack.
(d) Simon.

Short Answer Questions

1. What word does Piggy use in Chapter 4: “Painted Faces and Long Hair” to refer to images that appeared on the horizon and then disappeared as the boys watched?

2. Who suggests the boys use Piggy’s glasses to start the fire in Chapter 2: “Fire on the Mountain”?

3. What word from Chapter 5: “Beast from Water” refers to a contortion of the body caused by violent, involuntary muscular contractions?

4. 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”?

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

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