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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What lies on the ground behind Jack and his hunters when they emerge from the forest toward Ralph, Piggy, and the twins, in Chapter 11: “Castle Rock,”?
(a) A headless pig.
(b) A dead littlun.
(c) A pig’s head.
(d) A dead bird.

2. What is Jack described as wearing at his waist in the end of Chapter 12: “Cry of the Hunters”?
(a) A mutilated pig’s head.
(b) A pair of broken spectacles.
(c) A cavalry pistol.
(d) A choir cloak.

3. Who portrays the pig in the ritual dance after the feast in Chapter 9: “A View to a Death”?
(a) Roger.
(b) Ralph.
(c) Piggy.
(d) Simon.

4. What word from Chapter 7: “Shadows and Tall Trees” means rich abundance or lushness?
(a) Luxuriance.
(b) Vicissitude.
(c) Belligerence.
(d) Diffidence.

5. What is the first tactic that Jack’s tribe uses to flush Ralph from the thicket in Chapter 12: “Cry of the Hunters”?
(a) They flood it with water.
(b) They shoot a gun into the thicket.
(c) They light the thicket on fire.
(d) They hurl boulders into it.

6. Who lights the new fire in Chapter 8: “Gift for the Darkness”?
(a) Piggy.
(b) Johnny.
(c) Jack.
(d) Simon.

7. In Chapter 10: “The Shell and the Glasses,” Ralph claims that what happened during the ritual was murder. What does Piggy desperately claim it was instead?
(a) Self-protection.
(b) An accident.
(c) A sign of power.
(d) A religious act.

8. Who suggests that the boys use their socks like caps in Chapter 11: “Castle Rock”?
(a) Piggy.
(b) Eric.
(c) Percival.
(d) Ralph.

9. It is revealed to Roger in Chapter 10: “The Shell and the Glasses” that Jack got angry at what boy and had him tied up so that he can be beaten?
(a) Maurice.
(b) Stanley.
(c) Wilfred.
(d) Roger.

10. What colors of face paint is Jack described as wearing in Chapter 10: “The Shell and the Glasses”?
(a) Red and white.
(b) Black and blue.
(c) Brown and black.
(d) Red and green.

11. Ralph tells Piggy in Chapter 10: “The Shell and the Glasses,” “I’m frightened. Of” what?
(a) “Jack.”
(b) “Us.”
(c) “Simon.”
(d) “The beast.”

12. What is the name of the littlun that first approaches the naval officer in Chapter 12: “Cry of the Hunters”?
(a) Bill.
(b) Henry.
(c) Phil.
(d) Percival.

13. As Ralph’s remaining tribe heads toward Jack’s fortress in Chapter 11: “Castle Rock,” the narrator says, “Behind [Ralph] came the twins, worried now for a while but full of” what?
(a) “Vitriol and violence.”
(b) “Unquenchable vitality.”
(c) “Obvious curiosity.”
(d) “Love for their leader.”

14. Who says that the boys can’t go start a fire on the mountain because they don’t have the spectacles in Chapter 7: “Shadows and Tall Trees”?
(a) Roger.
(b) Maurice.
(c) Jack.
(d) Robert.

15. What word used Chapter 9: “A View to a Death” means crazy or insane?
(a) Declivity.
(b) Demented.
(c) Vicissitude.
(d) Belligerence.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who cuts his knee quite badly as the boys move along the rocks of the shoreline in Chapter 7: “Shadows and Tall Trees”?

2. What does the word “propitiate” mean, as used in Chapter 11: “Castle Rock”?

3. Who asks Jack in Chapter 10: “The Shell and the Glasses,” “What’ll we use for lighting the fire”?

4. How are the hunters able to find the wounded sow in Chapter 8: “Gift for the Darkness”?

5. Who does Jack order his tribe to capture and tie up in Chapter 11: “Castle Rock”?

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