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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is the name of the first little boy that arrives from the jungle when Ralph blows on the shell in Chapter 1: “The Sound of the Shell”?
(a) Johnny.
(b) Henry.
(c) Maurice.
(d) Simon.

2. Who performs clownishly at the assembly in order to make the littluns stop wailing in Chapter 5: “Beast from Water”?
(a) Piggy.
(b) Jack.
(c) Maurice.
(d) Ralph.

3. When does Piggy surmise the war will be over when he speaks at the assembly in Chapter 5: “Beast from Water”?
(a) Three or four years.
(b) Tomorrow or the next day.
(c) In a few months.
(d) A year or two.

4. 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 stone.
(c) The shell.
(d) The spear.

5. One of the twins asks the other if he remembers what character from school in Chapter 6: “Beast from Air”?
(a) “Old Potters.”
(b) “Old Gremlin.”
(c) “Old Waxy.”
(d) “Old Wizard.”

Short Answer Questions

1. What color hair is Simon said to have in Chapter 3: “Huts on the Beach”?

2. What does Simon hand to the littluns after they’ve followed him into the forest in Chapter 3: “Huts on the Beach”?

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

4. What word used in Chapter 4: “Painted Faces and Long Hair” refers to a warlike or aggressively hostile nature or attitude?

5. What is the meaning of the word “interminable,” used in Chapter 6: “Beast from Air”?

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