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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who stops Roger as he approaches the Castle Rock, saying “Halt! Who goes there?” in Chapter 10: “The Shell and the Glasses”?
(a) Roger.
(b) Wilfred.
(c) Robert.
(d) Stanley.

2. What does the word “myopia” mean, as used in Chapter 11: “Castle Rock”?
(a) Nearsightedness.
(b) Betrayal.
(c) Unworthiness.
(d) Farsightedness.

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

4. Who asks Jack in Chapter 10: “The Shell and the Glasses,” “What’ll we use for lighting the fire”?
(a) Simon.
(b) Johnny.
(c) Maurice.
(d) Bill.

5. Which of the following is one of the central themes in Lord of the Flies?
(a) Civility versus savagery.
(b) Political corruption.
(c) The betrayal of the mother.
(d) Beauty versus ugliness.

6. Who agrees to go back through the forest to the shelters and the littluns as the other boys head toward the mountain in Chapter 7: “Shadows and Tall Trees”?
(a) Piggy.
(b) Maurice.
(c) Jack.
(d) Simon.

7. Jack tells his hunters at the meeting in the beginning of Chapter 8: “Gift for the Darkness” that Ralph said they are all what?
(a) Cowards.
(b) Savages.
(c) Murderers.
(d) Monsters.

8. Where does the narrator say a great scab had formed on Ralph in the opening of Chapter 10: “The Shell and the Glasses”?
(a) On his knee.
(b) On his arm.
(c) On his neck.
(d) On his chest.

9. How many feet down does Piggy fall when he is hit by the rock in Chapter 11: “Castle Rock”?
(a) 20 feet.
(b) 30 feet.
(c) 40 feet.
(d) 50 feet.

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

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

12. What do the twins and Piggy bring back to Ralph from the forest in Chapter 8: “Gift for the Darkness”?
(a) Fire.
(b) Meat.
(c) Water.
(d) Fruit.

13. 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) Maurice.
(b) Piggy.
(c) Jack.
(d) Sam.

14. What is Ralph said to be laying in at the beginning of Chapter 12: “Cry of the Hunters”?
(a) A pile of hay.
(b) A pig den.
(c) A cave.
(d) A covert.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. In the ending of Chapter 12: “Cry of the Hunters,” the narrator notes that when the children all begin weeping, “The officer, surrounded by these noises, was moved and a little” what?

2. 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,”?

3. How many of the boys raise their hands when Jack demands of them, “Who thinks Ralph oughtn’t to be chief?” in Chapter 8: “Gift for the Darkness”?

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

5. 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?

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