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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 12.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Ralph wheels on the hunters during the assembly in Chapter 5: “Beast from Water” and says “You can laugh! But I tell you the smoke is more important than” what?
(a) “The pig.”
(b) “The beast.”
(c) “The snake.”
(d) “The birds.”

2. Simon makes an allusion to what English Queen in Chapter 7: “Shadows and Tall Trees”?
(a) Berengaria of Navarre.
(b) Queen Victoria.
(c) Queen Elizabeth.
(d) Eleanor of Rigby.

3. What are the boys from the choir wearing when they arrive on the beach in Chapter 1: “The Sound of the Shell”?
(a) Black cloaks.
(b) Swimsuits.
(c) High-collared uniforms.
(d) Military uniforms.

4. Piggy tells Ralph in Chapter 1: “The Sound of the Shell” that he’s worn glasses since he was how old?
(a) 2.
(b) 6.
(c) 4.
(d) 3.

5. What word used in Chapter 4: “Painted Faces and Long Hair” refers to a warlike or aggressively hostile nature or attitude?
(a) Mirage.
(b) Vicissitude.
(c) Belligerence.
(d) Declivity.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What is the meaning of the word “interminable,” used in Chapter 6: “Beast from Air”?

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. Which of the boys had, in his “other life… received chastisement for filling a younger eye with sand,” according to the narrator in Chapter 4: “Painted Faces and Long Hair”?

5. What symbolic object in the novel was destroyed when Piggy died?

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