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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who is the only boy that is helping Ralph build the shelters in Chapter 3: “Huts on the Beach”?
(a) Jack.
(b) Henry.
(c) Simon.
(d) Johnny.

2. What is Piggy’s answer when Ralph asks him in Chapter 1: “The Sound of the Shell,” “What’s your father?”
(a) “My dad left us.”
(b) “My dad’s dead.”
(c) “My dad is a butcher.”
(d) “My dad is a carpenter.”

3. The word “leviathan” that is used in Chapter 6: “Beast from Air” refers to what?
(a) A hawk.
(b) A political organization.
(c) A spaceship.
(d) A sea monster.

4. In Chapter 3: “Huts on the Beach,” the narrator states, “The silence of the forest was more oppressive than” what?
(a) “The heat.”
(b) “The permanence.”
(c) “The danger.”
(d) “The isolation.”

5. What does Ralph tell Piggy is “the only thing to do” in Chapter 9: “A View to a Death”?
(a) “Bathing.”
(b) “Begging for help.”
(c) “Calling Ralph’s auntie.”
(d) “Going to the mountain.”

Short Answer Questions

1. Who portrays the pig in the ritual dance after the feast in Chapter 9: “A View to a Death”?

2. By what name does Ralph refer to Jack’s followers in Chapter 10: “The Shell and the Glasses”?

3. The narrator says of Ralph in the beginning of Chapter 5: “Beast from Water,” “He found himself understanding the wearisomeness of this life, where every path was an improvisation and a considerable part of one’s waking life was spent watching” what?

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

5. Who is the only boy who does not help gather firewood in Chapter 2: “Fire on the Mountain”?

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