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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who is the only boy who does not help gather firewood in Chapter 2: “Fire on the Mountain”?
(a) Piggy.
(b) Robert.
(c) Ralph.
(d) Simon.

2. What word from Chapter 7: “Shadows and Tall Trees” means rich abundance or lushness?
(a) Luxuriance.
(b) Diffidence.
(c) Vicissitude.
(d) Belligerence.

3. Who, in addition to Piggy, tries to convince Ralph not to give up his position as chief at the end of Chapter 5: “Beast from Water”?
(a) Robert.
(b) Maurice.
(c) Simon.
(d) Jack.

4. During Piggy’s speech at the podium during the assembly he declares that “Life is” what, in Chapter 5: “Beast from Water”?
(a) “Meaningless.”
(b) “Futile.”
(c) “Hopeful.”
(d) “Scientific.”

5. 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) “Baby pigs.”
(c) “Spears.”
(d) “Rotten fruit.”

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the meaning of the word “ebullience,” used in Chapter 2: “Fire on the Mountain”?

2. What weapons have Jack and the choir boys devised for hunting game on the island in Chapter 3: “Huts on the Beach”?

3. Ralph lies in the shelter dreaming of feeding what farm animals when Sam and Eric arrive in Chapter 6: “Beast from Air”?

4. What literary technique is used in the following sentence from Chapter 4: “Painted Faces and Long Hair”? “When the sun sank, darkness dropped on the island like an extinguisher.”

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”?

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