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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. In the reenactment of the killing of the pig in Chapter 8: “Gift for the Darkness,” who portrays the killer?
(a) Maurice.
(b) Jack.
(c) Roger.
(d) Robert.

2. Between what two characters is there a developing conflict that is foreshadowed in Chapter 3: “Huts on the Beach”?
(a) Piggy and Johnny.
(b) Simon and Maurice.
(c) Henry and Maurice.
(d) Jack and Ralph.

3. How are the hunters able to find the wounded sow in Chapter 8: “Gift for the Darkness”?
(a) By the trail of her piglets.
(b) By the smell of her.
(c) By the trail of blood.
(d) By the squealing sounds.

4. What symbolic object in the novel was destroyed when Piggy died?
(a) The knife.
(b) The shell.
(c) The pig's head.
(d) The staff.

5. What word does Piggy use in Chapter 4: “Painted Faces and Long Hair” to refer to images that appeared on the horizon and then disappeared as the boys watched?
(a) Simile.
(b) Declivity.
(c) Mirage.
(d) Correlation.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who obeys when Jack orders “Give me a drink” after he’s eaten at the feast in Chapter 9: “A View to a Death”?

2. What is the first tactic that Jack’s tribe uses to flush Ralph from the thicket in Chapter 12: “Cry of the Hunters”?

3. What does Simon discover “the beast” to actually be in Chapter 9: “A View to a Death”?

4. What is the meaning of the word “ebullience,” used in Chapter 2: “Fire on the Mountain”?

5. Who asks Jack in Chapter 10: “The Shell and the Glasses,” “What’ll we use for lighting the fire”?

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