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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is Piggy’s answer when Ralph asks him in Chapter 1: “The Sound of the Shell,” “What’s your father?”
(a) “My dad’s dead.”
(b) “My dad left us.”
(c) “My dad is a carpenter.”
(d) “My dad is a butcher.”

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

3. In the reenactment of the pig killing in Chapter 8: “Gift for the Darkness,” who portrays the sow?
(a) Roger.
(b) Jack.
(c) Maurice.
(d) Robert.

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

5. 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”?
(a) 10.
(b) 6.
(c) 3.
(d) 8.

Short Answer 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”?

2. In Ralph’s memory in Chapter 7: “Shadows and Tall Trees,” he recalls following his father from Chatham to where?

3. One of the twins asks the other if he remembers what character from school in Chapter 6: “Beast from Air”?

4. When the choir assumes guardianship of the fire, what group within them is assigned fire-duty during the first week in Chapter 2: “Fire on the Mountain”?

5. When does Piggy surmise the war will be over when he speaks at the assembly in Chapter 5: “Beast from Water”?

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