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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 10.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What color is the cliff of rock that forms the side of the castle described as in Chapter 6: “Beast from Air”?
(a) Green.
(b) White.
(c) Pink.
(d) Blue.

2. 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) Phil.
(b) Maurice.
(c) Johnny.
(d) Simon.

3. The narrator notes when the feast begins to die down in Chapter 9: “A View to a Death,” “Evening was come, not with calm beauty but with” what?
(a) “The power of sacrifice.”
(b) “The threat of violence.”
(c) “The threat of rain.”
(d) “A solemn reverence.”

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

5. The narrator states in Chapter 8: “Gift for the Darkness,” “The greatest ideas are the” what?
(a) “Most derisive.”
(b) “Simplest.”
(c) “Hardest.”
(d) “Most complex.”

Short Answer Questions

1. As the big boys set out to hunt down the beast in Chapter 6: “Beast from Air,” the narrator states, “This day promised, like the others, to be a sunbath under” what?

2. Which of the older boys leads the way through the sand castles, kicking them over and laughing, in Chapter 4: “Painted Faces and Long Hair”?

3. The word “leviathan” that is used in Chapter 6: “Beast from Air” refers to what?

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

5. Who suggests the boys use Piggy’s glasses to start the fire in Chapter 2: “Fire on the Mountain”?

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