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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Ralph lies in the shelter dreaming of feeding what farm animals when Sam and Eric arrive in Chapter 6: “Beast from Air”?
(a) Ponies.
(b) Chickens.
(c) Pigs.
(d) Ducks.

2. What word does Jack use in Chapter 8: “Gift for the Darkness” that refers to a person appointed to a position of command or authority?
(a) Minaret.
(b) Prefect.
(c) Sepal.
(d) Charlatan.

3. After the ritual in Chapter 9: “A View to a Death,” the narrator says, “Along the shoreward edge of the shallows the advancing clearness was full of strange, moonbeam-bodied creatures with” what?
(a) “Hopeful eyes.”
(b) “Mystical eyes.”
(c) “Eyes like opals.”
(d) “Fiery eyes.”

4. What color eyes is Jack said to have in Chapter 3: “Huts on the Beach”?
(a) Black.
(b) Brown.
(c) Blue.
(d) Green.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What word does Ralph use in referring to a bath in the beginning of Chapter 7: “Shadows and Tall Trees”?

2. Which of the littluns had run off crying after getting sand in his eye in Chapter 4: “Painted Faces and Long Hair”?

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

4. Of the twins, the narrator says in Chapter 6: “Beast from Air” that “they could never manage to do things sensibly if that meant” what?

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

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