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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) Frolic.
(b) Sepals.
(c) Wallow.
(d) Declivity.

2. Which of the boys pick up and carry the pig after the kill in Chapter 8: “Gift for the Darkness”?
(a) Henry and Jack.
(b) Simon and Ralph.
(c) Maurice and Robert.
(d) Piggy and Percival.

3. Who suggests the boys use Piggy’s glasses to start the fire in Chapter 2: “Fire on the Mountain”?
(a) Piggy.
(b) Jack.
(c) Johnny.
(d) Henry.

4. What is the name of the littlun that first steps forward to talk about the beast during the assembly in Chapter 5: “Beast from Water”?
(a) Johnny.
(b) Simon.
(c) Phil.
(d) Maurice.

5. What is Percival’s full name that he states in Chapter 5: “Beast from Water”?
(a) Percival Henry Waterson.
(b) Percival William Jackson.
(c) Percival Wemys Madison.
(d) Percival James Anderson.

Short Answer Questions

1. 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”?

2. Who is the only boy that is helping Ralph build the shelters in Chapter 3: “Huts on the Beach”?

3. How old does Ralph say he was when his father taught him to swim in Chapter 1: “The Sound of the Shell”?

4. Who agrees to go back through the forest to the shelters and the littluns as the other boys head toward the mountain in Chapter 7: “Shadows and Tall Trees”?

5. Who suggests at the impromptu meeting in Chapter 6: “Beast from Air,” “Couldn’t we—kind of—stay here? Maybe the beast won’t come near us”?

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