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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 8.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What do the twins and Piggy bring back to Ralph from the forest in Chapter 8: “Gift for the Darkness”?
(a) Fruit.
(b) Water.
(c) Fire.
(d) Meat.

2. In the beginning of Chapter 7: “Shadows and Tall Trees,” Ralph wishes that he had a pair of scissors to do what?
(a) Cut his shorts.
(b) Cut his hair.
(c) Cut his shirt sleeves.
(d) Cut a boat sail.

3. 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 blue dome.”
(b) “A violent sky.”
(c) “A red dome.”
(d) “A parched sky.”

4. Who suggests that the boys hold a vote for the chief in Chapter 1: “The Sound of the Shell”?
(a) Roger.
(b) Johnny.
(c) Simon.
(d) Henry.

5. What color is the birthmark described as on the young boy who steps forward at the meeting in Chapter 2: “Fire on the Mountain”?
(a) Black-colored.
(b) Mulberry-colored.
(c) Violet-colored.
(d) Crimson-colored.

Short Answer 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?

2. 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”?

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

4. Which of the boys had, in his “other life… received chastisement for filling a younger eye with sand,” according to the narrator in Chapter 4: “Painted Faces and Long Hair”?

5. 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?

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