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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. In Chapter 11: “Castle Rock,” the narrator says, “There was no sign left of the storm, and the beach was swept clean like a blade that has been scoured.” What literary technique is used in this sentence?
(a) Religious allusion.
(b) Assonance.
(c) Onomatopoeia.
(d) Simile.

2. Who acts as Ralph’s witness that he hit the boar with the spear in Chapter 7: “Shadows and Tall Trees,” saying “I saw you. Right bang on his snout—Wheee!”?
(a) Piggy.
(b) Sam.
(c) Maurice.
(d) Jack.

3. Sam and Eric tell Ralph in Chapter 12: “Cry of the Hunters” that Jack and who plant to hunt him tomorrow?
(a) Johnny.
(b) Robert.
(c) Roger.
(d) Maurice.

4. Simon makes an allusion to what English Queen in Chapter 7: “Shadows and Tall Trees”?
(a) Queen Victoria.
(b) Eleanor of Rigby.
(c) Berengaria of Navarre.
(d) Queen Elizabeth.

5. What word does Ralph use in referring to a bath in the beginning of Chapter 7: “Shadows and Tall Trees”?
(a) Frolic.
(b) Sepals.
(c) Wallow.
(d) Declivity.

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

7. Which of the boys pick up and carry the pig after the kill in Chapter 8: “Gift for the Darkness”?
(a) Maurice and Robert.
(b) Simon and Ralph.
(c) Piggy and Percival.
(d) Henry and Jack.

8. What symbolic object in the novel was destroyed when Piggy died?
(a) The staff.
(b) The pig's head.
(c) The knife.
(d) The shell.

9. The Coral Island: A Tale of the Pacific Ocean was written by what Scottish author?
(a) Mark Twain.
(b) R. M. Ballantyne.
(c) Henry James.
(d) Samuel Beckett.

10. What suggestion does Simon make when he takes the shell at the meeting in Chapter 8: “Gift for the Darkness”?
(a) “I think we ought to call your auntie.”
(b) “I think we ought to return to the shelter.”
(c) “I think we ought to climb the mountain.”
(d) “I think we ought to follow Jack.”

11. What does Simon whisper to Ralph as Ralph sits engulfed in staring at the sea in Chapter 7: “Shadows and Tall Trees”?
(a) “I’m sure that your father is out there somewhere.”
(b) “You’ll get back to where you came from.”
(c) “I’ve seen the Lord of the Flies.”
(d) “Don’t worry. Jack won’t kill you.”

12. Piggy suggests to the boys that they rebuild the fire where, in Chapter 8: “Gift for the Darkness”?
(a) In the forest.
(b) On the beach.
(c) On the mountain.
(d) At the Castle Rock.

13. What word used in Chapter 12: “Cry of the Hunters” means a kiss of peace?
(a) Pax.
(b) Mirage.
(c) Vicissitude.
(d) Declivity.

14. What does Ralph tell Piggy is “the only thing to do” in Chapter 9: “A View to a Death”?
(a) “Bathing.”
(b) “Begging for help.”
(c) “Calling Ralph’s auntie.”
(d) “Going to the mountain.”

15. When Ralph looks back to Castle Rock from the forest in the beginning of Chapter 12: “Cry of the Hunters,” who does he see “sitting on guard at the top of the cliff” with “a spear in his left hand and tossing up a pebble and catching it again with the right”?
(a) Roger.
(b) Maurice.
(c) Robert.
(d) Simon.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who is back at the shelters with the littluns as the other boys are on the hunt for the beast in Chapter 7: “Shadows and Tall Trees”?

2. Who suggests that the boys need a drum after the pig-killing ritual in Chapter 7: “Shadows and Tall Trees”?

3. The narrator notes when the feast begins to die down in Chapter 9: “A View to a Death,” “Evening was come, not with calm beauty but with” what?

4. What word used Chapter 9: “A View to a Death” means crazy or insane?

5. What does Simon say when he first speaks aloud in the jungle in Chapter 9: “A View to a Death”?

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