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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Simon hand to the littluns after they’ve followed him into the forest in Chapter 3: “Huts on the Beach”?
(a) Spears.
(b) Candy.
(c) Fruit.
(d) Meat.

2. The author uses the following sentence in Chapter 2: “Fire on the Mountain”: “The flames, as though they were a kind of wild life, crept as a jaguar creeps on its belly toward a line of birch-like saplings that fledged an outcrop of the pink rock.” What literary technique is used in this sentence?
(a) Personification.
(b) Onomatopoeia.
(c) Simile.
(d) Literary allusion.

3. Who suggests that the boys need a drum after the pig-killing ritual in Chapter 7: “Shadows and Tall Trees”?
(a) Maurice.
(b) Johnny.
(c) Jack.
(d) Percival.

4. Which of the boys are thoughtful enough to bring leaves for the signal fire in Chapter 2: “Fire on the Mountain”?
(a) Sam and Eric.
(b) Simon and Peter.
(c) Johnny and Percival.
(d) Henry and Maurice.

5. In Ralph’s memory in Chapter 7: “Shadows and Tall Trees,” he recalls following his father from Chatham to where?
(a) Davenport.
(b) Willoughby.
(c) London.
(d) New York.

Short Answer Questions

1. What word does Piggy use in Chapter 4: “Painted Faces and Long Hair” to refer to images that appeared on the horizon and then disappeared as the boys watched?

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

3. What word used in Chapter 3: “Huts on the Beach” refers to the individual leaves or parts of the calyx of a flower?

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

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

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