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

Multiple Choice 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?
(a) Declivity.
(b) Simile.
(c) Mirage.
(d) Correlation.

2. How old is Ralph said to be in Chapter 1: “The Sound of the Shell”?
(a) 10.
(b) 12.
(c) 8.
(d) 15.

3. What word used in Chapter 4: “Painted Faces and Long Hair” refers to a warlike or aggressively hostile nature or attitude?
(a) Declivity.
(b) Belligerence.
(c) Vicissitude.
(d) Mirage.

4. Ralph tells Piggy in Chapter 1: “The Sound of the Shell” that his father holds what position?
(a) Ambassador to Egypt.
(b) Commander of the Navy.
(c) Journalist.
(d) Magazine Editor.

5. Where are the boys in Lord of the Flies from originally?
(a) Ireland.
(b) France.
(c) The United States.
(d) England.

Short Answer Questions

1. The word “leviathan” that is used in Chapter 6: “Beast from Air” refers to what?

2. When Jack arrives at the huts, Ralph says that his hunters have been back at camp hours ago and have been doing what, in Chapter 3: “Huts on the Beach”?

3. What weapons have Jack and the choir boys devised for hunting game on the island in Chapter 3: “Huts on the Beach”?

4. 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?

5. What literary technique is used in the following sentence from Chapter 4: “Painted Faces and Long Hair”? “When the sun sank, darkness dropped on the island like an extinguisher.”

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