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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. 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) Pigs.
(c) Ducks.
(d) Chickens.

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

3. 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) Meat.
(c) Spears.
(d) Candy.

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

5. Piggy tells Ralph in Chapter 1: “The Sound of the Shell” that he’s worn glasses since he was how old?
(a) 2.
(b) 4.
(c) 6.
(d) 3.

6. Who leads the boys to the mountaintop in order to begin building a signal fire in Chapter 2: “Fire on the Mountain”?
(a) Ralph.
(b) Johnny.
(c) Jack.
(d) Henry.

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

8. 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) Vicissitude.
(d) Mirage.

9. What physical ailment does Piggy say he suffers from in Chapter 1: “The Sound of the Shell”?
(a) Epilepsy.
(b) Partial deafness.
(c) Tuberculosis.
(d) Asthma.

10. The narrator says of Ralph in the beginning of Chapter 5: “Beast from Water,” “He found himself understanding the wearisomeness of this life, where every path was an improvisation and a considerable part of one’s waking life was spent watching” what?
(a) “One’s feet.”
(b) “The road ahead.”
(c) “The road behind.”
(d) “One’s back.”

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

12. When Jack arrives at the huts, Ralph says that his hunters have been back at camp hours ago and have been doing what, in Chapter 3: “Huts on the Beach”?
(a) Swimming.
(b) Making sand castles.
(c) Sunbathing.
(d) Building a boat.

13. What word, used to describe Ralph’s feelings about the shell in Chapter 5: “Beast from Water,” refers to a feeling of deep respect tinged with awe?
(a) Vicissitude.
(b) Reverence.
(c) Simile.
(d) Belligerence.

14. What word used in Chapter 3: “Huts on the Beach” is an adjective indicating that something is under the surface?
(a) Vicissitude.
(b) Submerged.
(c) Declivity.
(d) Obstinate.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Where are the boys in Lord of the Flies from originally?

2. 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?

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

4. What color eyes is Jack said to have in Chapter 3: “Huts on the Beach”?

5. Who is described in Chapter 4: “Painted Faces and Long Hair” as “the only boy on the island whose hair never seemed to grow”?

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