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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What color hair is Simon said to have in Chapter 3: “Huts on the Beach”?
(a) Brown.
(b) Red.
(c) Black.
(d) Blonde.

2. What word used in Chapter 3: “Huts on the Beach” refers to the individual leaves or parts of the calyx of a flower?
(a) Plots.
(b) Sepals.
(c) Stamens.
(d) Cultivars.

3. Who stands up at the assembly and claims he was alone in the forest at night in Chapter 5: “Beast from Water”?
(a) Jack.
(b) Maurice.
(c) Simon.
(d) Johnny.

4. What does the word “furtive” mean, as used in Chapter 3: “Huts on the Beach”?
(a) Savage.
(b) Personalized.
(c) Pointless.
(d) Stealthy.

5. What does the word “vicissitude” mean, as used in Chapter 3: “Huts on the Beach”?
(a) Savagery.
(b) A change or variation.
(c) A betrayal of principles.
(d) A gathering of people.

Short Answer Questions

1. 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?

2. Who suggests at the impromptu meeting in Chapter 6: “Beast from Air,” “Couldn’t we—kind of—stay here? Maybe the beast won’t come near us”?

3. Piggy tells Ralph in Chapter 1: “The Sound of the Shell” that he’s worn glasses since he was how old?

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

5. When Jack suggests that “the castle” would make an excellent fort in Chapter 6: “Beast from Air,” this is an example of what literary technique?

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