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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

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) Convulsion.
(b) Belligerence.
(c) Exhilaration.
(d) Declivity.

2. One of the twins asks the other if he remembers what character from school in Chapter 6: “Beast from Air”?
(a) “Old Potters.”
(b) “Old Gremlin.”
(c) “Old Waxy.”
(d) “Old Wizard.”

3. Who slaps Johnny when he bursts into tears during the impromptu meeting the morning after the beast has been spotted in Chapter 6: “Beast from Air”?
(a) Jack.
(b) Henry.
(c) Maurice.
(d) Bill.

4. Who suggests at the impromptu meeting in Chapter 6: “Beast from Air,” “Couldn’t we—kind of—stay here? Maybe the beast won’t come near us”?
(a) Phil.
(b) Jack.
(c) Bill.
(d) Piggy.

5. Who, in addition to Piggy, tries to convince Ralph not to give up his position as chief at the end of Chapter 5: “Beast from Water”?
(a) Simon.
(b) Robert.
(c) Maurice.
(d) Jack.

6. Who suggests the boys use Piggy’s glasses to start the fire in Chapter 2: “Fire on the Mountain”?
(a) Johnny.
(b) Piggy.
(c) Henry.
(d) Jack.

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

8. When the choir assumes guardianship of the fire, what group within them is assigned fire-duty during the first week in Chapter 2: “Fire on the Mountain”?
(a) The altos.
(b) The trebles.
(c) The basses.
(d) The sopranos.

9. What does the word “furtive” mean, as used in Chapter 3: “Huts on the Beach”?
(a) Pointless.
(b) Personalized.
(c) Stealthy.
(d) Savage.

10. Ralph tells Piggy in Chapter 1: “The Sound of the Shell” that his father holds what position?
(a) Journalist.
(b) Commander of the Navy.
(c) Magazine Editor.
(d) Ambassador to Egypt.

11. Who are described as “the smallest boys on the island” in Chapter 4: “Painted Faces and Long Hair”?
(a) Henry and Simon.
(b) Jack and Ralph.
(c) Percival and Johnny.
(d) Roger and Robert.

12. 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) Mirage.
(b) Correlation.
(c) Simile.
(d) Declivity.

13. What does Simon hand to the littluns after they’ve followed him into the forest in Chapter 3: “Huts on the Beach”?
(a) Meat.
(b) Spears.
(c) Fruit.
(d) Candy.

14. One of the rules that Ralph establishes at the meeting in Chapter 2: “Fire on the Mountain” is that no one may speak at the meetings unless he is holding what?
(a) The staff.
(b) The spear.
(c) The stone.
(d) The shell.

15. Who does Ralph say will be guarding the fire that night during the assembly in Chapter 5: “Beast from Water”?
(a) Robert and Percival.
(b) Johnny and Jack.
(c) Sam and Eric.
(d) Maurice and Roger.

Short Answer Questions

1. What word used in Chapter 3: “Huts on the Beach” refers to a downward slope of ground?

2. What are the names of the twins that appear on the beach in Chapter 1: “The Sound of the Shell”?

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

4. Who is the only boy that is helping Ralph build the shelters in Chapter 3: “Huts on the Beach”?

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

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