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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What word from Chapter 5: “Beast from Water” refers to a contortion of the body caused by violent, involuntary muscular contractions?
(a) Exhilaration.
(b) Convulsion.
(c) Belligerence.
(d) Declivity.

3. 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.

4. 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) Henry.
(b) Maurice.
(c) Simon.
(d) Johnny.

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”?
(a) Ralph.
(b) Simon.
(c) Jack.
(d) Piggy.

6. Who is the only boy who does not help gather firewood in Chapter 2: “Fire on the Mountain”?
(a) Robert.
(b) Simon.
(c) Piggy.
(d) Ralph.

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

8. Ralph lies in the shelter dreaming of feeding what farm animals when Sam and Eric arrive in Chapter 6: “Beast from Air”?
(a) Pigs.
(b) Chickens.
(c) Ducks.
(d) Ponies.

9. 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) Military uniforms.
(c) Black cloaks.
(d) High-collared uniforms.

10. 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) Mulberry-colored.
(b) Crimson-colored.
(c) Black-colored.
(d) Violet-colored.

11. 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) “Being patient.”
(c) “Working toward a goal.”
(d) “Acting independently.”

12. 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?
(a) Interrogation.
(b) Religious allusion.
(c) Onomatopoeia.
(d) Foreshadowing.

13. 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) “Hope.”
(b) “Reverence.”
(c) “Beauty.”
(d) “Illness.”

14. 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) Percival.
(b) Maurice.
(c) Henry.
(d) Simon.

15. 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) Swimming.
(c) Making sand castles.
(d) Sunbathing.

Short Answer Questions

1. What word does Piggy use in Chapter 4: “Painted Faces and Long Hair” to refer to images that appeared on the horizon and then disappeared as the boys watched?

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

3. What adjective used in Chapter 6: “Beast from Air” to describe Simon means lacking confidence in one’s own ability, worth, or fitness?

4. 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”?

5. 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?

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