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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Which of the littluns had run off crying after getting sand in his eye in Chapter 4: “Painted Faces and Long Hair”?
(a) Johnny.
(b) Percival.
(c) Henry.
(d) Ralph.

2. As Ralph prepares for the assembly in Chapter 5: “Beast from Water” he considers to himself, “I can’t think. Not like” whom?
(a) “Jack.”
(b) “Johnny.”
(c) “Simon.”
(d) “Piggy.”

3. 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 snake.”
(b) “The pig.”
(c) “The birds.”
(d) “The beast.”

4. Who picks up Percival and carries him to a shelter in the beginning of Chapter 6: “Beast from Air”?
(a) Robert and Henry.
(b) Jack and Roger.
(c) Ralph and Simon.
(d) Piggy and Simon.

5. Who stands up at the assembly and claims he was alone in the forest at night in Chapter 5: “Beast from Water”?
(a) Johnny.
(b) Maurice.
(c) Simon.
(d) Jack.

6. What word used in Chapter 3: “Huts on the Beach” refers to the individual leaves or parts of the calyx of a flower?
(a) Cultivars.
(b) Plots.
(c) Stamens.
(d) Sepals.

7. During Piggy’s speech at the podium during the assembly he declares that “Life is” what, in Chapter 5: “Beast from Water”?
(a) “Meaningless.”
(b) “Scientific.”
(c) “Futile.”
(d) “Hopeful.”

8. Who is described in Chapter 4: “Painted Faces and Long Hair” as “the only boy on the island whose hair never seemed to grow”?
(a) Jack.
(b) Simon.
(c) Piggy.
(d) Ralph.

9. Of the twins, the narrator says in Chapter 6: “Beast from Air” that “they could never manage to do things sensibly if that meant” what?
(a) “Acting independently.”
(b) “Being patient.”
(c) “Taking orders.”
(d) “Working toward a goal.”

10. How many of the boys does Ralph say built the second shelter in Chapter 5: “Beast from Water”?
(a) 2.
(b) 6.
(c) 4.
(d) 10.

11. 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) Jack.
(b) Piggy.
(c) Phil.
(d) Bill.

12. Which of the older boys leads the way through the sand castles, kicking them over and laughing, in Chapter 4: “Painted Faces and Long Hair”?
(a) Simon.
(b) Maurice.
(c) Roger.
(d) Robert.

13. Which of the boys are thoughtful enough to bring leaves for the signal fire in Chapter 2: “Fire on the Mountain”?
(a) Simon and Peter.
(b) Sam and Eric.
(c) Johnny and Percival.
(d) Henry and Maurice.

14. Where are the boys in Lord of the Flies from originally?
(a) Ireland.
(b) France.
(c) The United States.
(d) England.

15. Ralph lies in the shelter dreaming of feeding what farm animals when Sam and Eric arrive in Chapter 6: “Beast from Air”?
(a) Ponies.
(b) Chickens.
(c) Ducks.
(d) Pigs.

Short Answer Questions

1. Of the boys on the island, the narrator says in the beginning of Chapter 4: “Painted Faces and Long Hair,” “They accepted the pleasures of morning, the bright sun, the whelming sea and sweet air, as a time when play was good and life so full that” what “was not necessary and therefore forgotten”?

2. What is the name of the first little boy that arrives from the jungle when Ralph blows on the shell in Chapter 1: “The Sound of the Shell”?

3. When does Piggy surmise the war will be over when he speaks at the assembly in Chapter 5: “Beast from Water”?

4. What are the boys from the choir wearing when they arrive on the beach in Chapter 1: “The Sound of the Shell”?

5. 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?

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