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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What physical ailment does Piggy say he suffers from in Chapter 1: “The Sound of the Shell”?
(a) Asthma.
(b) Epilepsy.
(c) Partial deafness.
(d) Tuberculosis.

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

3. Who portrays the pig in the ritual dance after the feast in Chapter 9: “A View to a Death”?
(a) Simon.
(b) Piggy.
(c) Roger.
(d) Ralph.

4. 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”?
(a) Making sand castles.
(b) Building a boat.
(c) Swimming.
(d) Sunbathing.

5. By what name does Ralph refer to Jack’s followers in Chapter 10: “The Shell and the Glasses”?
(a) “The Reds.”
(b) “The Painteds.”
(c) “The Pig-killers.”
(d) “The Blues.”

Short Answer Questions

1. What word from Chapter 5: “Beast from Water” refers to a contortion of the body caused by violent, involuntary muscular contractions?

2. The narrator says in Chapter 4: “Painted Faces and Long Hair,” “At midday the illusions merged into the sky and there the sun gazed down like” what?

3. What word used in Chapter 3: “Huts on the Beach” is an adjective indicating that something is under the surface?

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

5. What kind of shell do Ralph and Piggy discover on the beach in Chapter 1: “The Sound of the Shell”?

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