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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who, in addition to Piggy, tries to convince Ralph not to give up his position as chief at the end of Chapter 5: “Beast from Water”?
(a) Robert.
(b) Jack.
(c) Maurice.
(d) Simon.

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

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

4. What kinds of wild animals have the boys discovered living on the island in Chapter 2: “Fire on the Mountain”?
(a) Turkeys.
(b) Foxes.
(c) Pigs.
(d) Deer.

5. 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) “One’s back.”
(c) “The road ahead.”
(d) “The road behind.”

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

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

8. What color are the pig droppings that Jack finds in the forest in Chapter 3: “Huts on the Beach”?
(a) Reddish brown.
(b) Olive green.
(c) Solid black.
(d) Dark brown.

9. 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.

10. 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 altos.
(c) The sopranos.
(d) The trebles.

11. 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) Maurice.
(b) Simon.
(c) Johnny.
(d) Phil.

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

13. From what perspective is the narrative of Lord of the Flies related?
(a) First person.
(b) Third person.
(c) Fourth person.
(d) Second person.

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

15. As Simon attempts to speak during the assembly in Chapter 5: “Beast from Water,” the narrator states, “Simon became inarticulate in his effort to express mankind’s essential” what?
(a) “Beauty.”
(b) “Hope.”
(c) “Illness.”
(d) “Reverence.”

Short Answer Questions

1. 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”?

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

3. What does the boy with the birthmark first call “the beastie” in Chapter 2: “Fire on the Mountain”?

4. 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?

5. 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”?

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