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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What word does Ralph use in referring to a bath in the beginning of Chapter 7: “Shadows and Tall Trees”?
(a) Declivity.
(b) Wallow.
(c) Sepals.
(d) Frolic.

2. How many of the boys does Ralph say built the second shelter in Chapter 5: “Beast from Water”?
(a) 2.
(b) 10.
(c) 6.
(d) 4.

3. The “half-cave” that Ralph and Jack encounter while looking for the beast is said to contain “nothing more terrible than a clutch of” what, in Chapter 6: “Beast from Air”?
(a) “Rotten eggs.”
(b) “Rotten fruit.”
(c) “Baby pigs.”
(d) “Spears.”

4. What weapons have Jack and the choir boys devised for hunting game on the island in Chapter 3: “Huts on the Beach”?
(a) Spears.
(b) Bows and arrows.
(c) Blowguns.
(d) Guns.

5. 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?
(a) “A great bird.”
(b) “A parent’s eye.”
(c) “A loving overlord.”
(d) “An angry eye.”

Short Answer Questions

1. Who leads the boys to the mountaintop in order to begin building a signal fire in Chapter 2: “Fire on the Mountain”?

2. Piggy tells Ralph in Chapter 1: “The Sound of the Shell” that he’s worn glasses since he was how old?

3. Which “littlun” is unaccounted for at the end of Chapter 2: “Fire on the Mountain”?

4. What British slang word is used throughout the narrative to mean excellent or wonderful?

5. What kinds of wild animals have the boys discovered living on the island in Chapter 2: “Fire on the Mountain”?

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