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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. 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”?
(a) Simon.
(b) Maurice.
(c) Johnny.
(d) Henry.

2. What kind of store does Piggy say his auntie used to run in Chapter 1: “The Sound of the Shell”?
(a) A florist shop.
(b) A candy store.
(c) A shoe store.
(d) A women’s clothing store.

3. What is the meaning of the word “interminable,” used in Chapter 6: “Beast from Air”?
(a) Cruel.
(b) Far-sighted.
(c) Near-sighted.
(d) Unending.

4. 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) Robert.
(b) Roger.
(c) Maurice.
(d) Simon.

5. 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) Mulberry-colored.
(d) Crimson-colored.

6. 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) Maurice.
(c) Henry.
(d) Bill.

7. What literary technique is used in the following sentence from Chapter 4: “Painted Faces and Long Hair”? “When the sun sank, darkness dropped on the island like an extinguisher.”
(a) Onomatopoeia.
(b) Dramatic irony.
(c) Literary allusion.
(d) Simile.

8. What is the name of the littlun that first steps forward to talk about the beast during the assembly in Chapter 5: “Beast from Water”?
(a) Johnny.
(b) Phil.
(c) Maurice.
(d) Simon.

9. The narrator says in Chapter 4: “Painted Faces and Long Hair,” “At midday the illusions merged into the sky and there the sun gazed down like” what?
(a) “A loving overlord.”
(b) “An angry eye.”
(c) “A great bird.”
(d) “A parent’s eye.”

10. What is the name of the littlun that the narrator describes crawling into a shelter and staying there for two days, “talking, singing, and crying, till they thought him batty and were faintly amused” in Chapter 4: “Painted Faces and Long Hair”?
(a) Percival.
(b) Maurice.
(c) Johnny.
(d) Henry.

11. 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) Building a boat.
(b) Sunbathing.
(c) Making sand castles.
(d) Swimming.

12. 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) Henry.
(d) Jack.

13. How old does Ralph say he was when his father taught him to swim in Chapter 1: “The Sound of the Shell”?
(a) 8.
(b) 6.
(c) 2.
(d) 5.

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

15. Which “littlun” is unaccounted for at the end of Chapter 2: “Fire on the Mountain”?
(a) The boy with the birthmark.
(b) Henry.
(c) The boy with the glasses.
(d) The boy with the wheelchair.

Short Answer Questions

1. From what perspective is the narrative of Lord of the Flies related?

2. What word used in Chapter 4: “Painted Faces and Long Hair” refers to a warlike or aggressively hostile nature or attitude?

3. What color is the cliff of rock that forms the side of the castle described as in Chapter 6: “Beast from Air”?

4. What weapons have Jack and the choir boys devised for hunting game on the island in Chapter 3: “Huts on the Beach”?

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

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