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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What word from Chapter 5: “Beast from Water” refers to a contortion of the body caused by violent, involuntary muscular contractions?
(a) Exhilaration.
(b) Convulsion.
(c) Belligerence.
(d) Declivity.

2. Which of the boys is killed during the ritual in Chapter 9: “A View to a Death”?
(a) Maurice.
(b) Simon.
(c) Jack.
(d) Piggy.

3. What color are the pig droppings that Jack finds in the forest in Chapter 3: “Huts on the Beach”?
(a) Olive green.
(b) Dark brown.
(c) Reddish brown.
(d) Solid black.

4. Who cuts his knee quite badly as the boys move along the rocks of the shoreline in Chapter 7: “Shadows and Tall Trees”?
(a) Jack.
(b) Roger.
(c) Robert.
(d) Ralph.

5. How many feet down does Piggy fall when he is hit by the rock in Chapter 11: “Castle Rock”?
(a) 30 feet.
(b) 20 feet.
(c) 50 feet.
(d) 40 feet.

Short Answer Questions

1. What word from Chapter 10: “The Shell and the Glasses” means to make gestures in an excited manner?

2. What does Simon hand to the littluns after they’ve followed him into the forest in Chapter 3: “Huts on the Beach”?

3. Piggy tells Ralph in Chapter 1: “The Sound of the Shell” that he’s worn glasses since he was how old?

4. What word is used in Chapter 10: “The Shell and the Glasses” to mean pertaining to the study of religious truth or divinity?

5. What is the second tactic used by Jack’s tribe to flush Ralph from the thicket in Chapter 12: “Cry of the Hunters”?

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