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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who performs clownishly at the assembly in order to make the littluns stop wailing in Chapter 5: “Beast from Water”?
(a) Piggy.
(b) Jack.
(c) Maurice.
(d) Ralph.

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

3. What does Jack ask Ralph for when he arrives at the camp in Chapter 3: “Huts on the Beach”?
(a) Water.
(b) Piggy's glass.
(c) A spear.
(d) The shell.

4. What does the boy with the birthmark first call “the beastie” in Chapter 2: “Fire on the Mountain”?
(a) “The bear-thing.”
(b) “The wolf-thing.”
(c) “The bird-thing.”
(d) “The snake-thing.”

5. The author uses the following sentence in Chapter 2: “Fire on the Mountain”: “The flames, as though they were a kind of wild life, crept as a jaguar creeps on its belly toward a line of birch-like saplings that fledged an outcrop of the pink rock.” What literary technique is used in this sentence?
(a) Literary allusion.
(b) Personification.
(c) Onomatopoeia.
(d) Simile.

6. What color is the birthmark described as on the young boy who steps forward at the meeting in Chapter 2: “Fire on the Mountain”?
(a) Black-colored.
(b) Violet-colored.
(c) Crimson-colored.
(d) Mulberry-colored.

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) Mirage.
(c) Declivity.
(d) Vicissitude.

8. 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.

9. Who suggests that the boys hold a vote for the chief in Chapter 1: “The Sound of the Shell”?
(a) Johnny.
(b) Roger.
(c) Simon.
(d) Henry.

10. Of the three littluns that are described together playing by the sandcastles in Chapter 4: “Painted Faces and Long Hair,” who is described as “the biggest of them”?
(a) Simon.
(b) Maurice.
(c) Percival.
(d) Henry.

11. What British slang word is used throughout the narrative to mean excellent or wonderful?
(a) “Rad.”
(b) “Wizard.”
(c) “Doge.”
(d) “Masterly.”

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

13. Which of the littluns does Roger follow to the beach and begin throwing stones at in Chapter 4: “Painted Faces and Long Hair”?
(a) Simon.
(b) Johnny.
(c) Maurice.
(d) Henry.

14. The word “leviathan” that is used in Chapter 6: “Beast from Air” refers to what?
(a) A political organization.
(b) A sea monster.
(c) A spaceship.
(d) A hawk.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. When the boys are trying to figure out how to light a fire in Chapter 2: “Fire on the Mountain,” who says, “You make a bow and spin the arrow”?

2. Who leads the boys to the mountaintop in order to begin building a signal fire in Chapter 2: “Fire on the Mountain”?

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”?

4. What kinds of wild animals have the boys discovered living on the island in Chapter 2: “Fire on the Mountain”?

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

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