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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who slaps Johnny when he bursts into tears during the impromptu meeting the morning after the beast has been spotted in Chapter 6: “Beast from Air”?
(a) Jack.
(b) Maurice.
(c) Henry.
(d) Bill.

2. Who leads the boys to the mountaintop in order to begin building a signal fire in Chapter 2: “Fire on the Mountain”?
(a) Johnny.
(b) Ralph.
(c) Jack.
(d) Henry.

3. What color is Jack Merridew’s hair in the novel?
(a) Blonde.
(b) Black.
(c) Red.
(d) Brown.

4. In Chapter 3: “Huts on the Beach,” the narrator states, “The silence of the forest was more oppressive than” what?
(a) “The permanence.”
(b) “The heat.”
(c) “The danger.”
(d) “The isolation.”

5. The narrator says of Ralph in the beginning of Chapter 5: “Beast from Water,” “He found himself understanding the wearisomeness of this life, where every path was an improvisation and a considerable part of one’s waking life was spent watching” what?
(a) “One’s feet.”
(b) “The road behind.”
(c) “One’s back.”
(d) “The road ahead.”

Short Answer Questions

1. The narrator states in Chapter 8: “Gift for the Darkness,” “The greatest ideas are the” what?

2. How are the hunters able to find the wounded sow in Chapter 8: “Gift for the Darkness”?

3. 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?

4. Simon makes an allusion to what English Queen in Chapter 7: “Shadows and Tall Trees”?

5. Which of the boys are thoughtful enough to bring leaves for the signal fire in Chapter 2: “Fire on the Mountain”?

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