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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. 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) Phil.
(c) Bill.
(d) Piggy.

2. What is Percival’s full name that he states in Chapter 5: “Beast from Water”?
(a) Percival William Jackson.
(b) Percival Henry Waterson.
(c) Percival Wemys Madison.
(d) Percival James Anderson.

3. Which of the boys comes up to Ralph at the castle to ask in Chapter 6: “Beast from Air,” “Why can’t we stay here for a bit?”
(a) Henry.
(b) Jack.
(c) Bill.
(d) Simon.

4. Who is the only boy that is helping Ralph build the shelters in Chapter 3: “Huts on the Beach”?
(a) Simon.
(b) Henry.
(c) Jack.
(d) Johnny.

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

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) Henry.
(c) Jack.
(d) Johnny.

7. 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 basses.
(b) The sopranos.
(c) The altos.
(d) The trebles.

8. 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 stone.
(b) The shell.
(c) The spear.
(d) The staff.

9. 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) Simon.
(b) Jack.
(c) Piggy.
(d) Ralph.

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

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

12. 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) “Taking orders.”
(b) “Acting independently.”
(c) “Working toward a goal.”
(d) “Being patient.”

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

14. The first boy that appears after Ralph blows the sounds on the shell is said to be about how old in Chapter 1: “The Sound of the Shell”?
(a) 6.
(b) 10.
(c) 8.
(d) 3.

15. 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) Fruit.
(c) Candy.
(d) Spears.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who stands up at the assembly and claims he was alone in the forest at night in Chapter 5: “Beast from Water”?

2. Piggy tells Ralph in Chapter 1: “The Sound of the Shell” that he’s worn glasses since he was how old?

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

4. Ralph lies in the shelter dreaming of feeding what farm animals when Sam and Eric arrive in Chapter 6: “Beast from Air”?

5. When Jack suggests that “the castle” would make an excellent fort in Chapter 6: “Beast from Air,” this is an example of what literary technique?

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