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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 used in Chapter 3: “Huts on the Beach” refers to a downward slope of ground?
(a) Declivity.
(b) Simile.
(c) Vicissitude.
(d) Exhilaration.

2. What word, used to describe Ralph’s feelings about the shell in Chapter 5: “Beast from Water,” refers to a feeling of deep respect tinged with awe?
(a) Belligerence.
(b) Reverence.
(c) Vicissitude.
(d) Simile.

3. 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) Guns.
(c) Blowguns.
(d) Bows and arrows.

4. 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) “The road behind.”
(b) “One’s feet.”
(c) “One’s back.”
(d) “The road ahead.”

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

Short Answer Questions

1. When Jack arrives at the huts, Ralph says that his hunters have been back at camp hours ago and have been doing what, in Chapter 3: “Huts on the Beach”?

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

3. What does the word “vicissitude” mean, as used in Chapter 3: “Huts on the Beach”?

4. What are the boys from the choir wearing when they arrive on the beach in Chapter 1: “The Sound of the Shell”?

5. How many of the boys does Ralph say built the second shelter in Chapter 5: “Beast from Water”?

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