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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Jack say “doesn’t count at this end of the island” in Chapter 9: “A View to a Death”?
(a) “The conch.”
(b) “The king.”
(c) “The stone.”
(d) “The torch.”

2. The narrator states in Chapter 8: “Gift for the Darkness,” “The greatest ideas are the” what?
(a) “Most complex.”
(b) “Simplest.”
(c) “Most derisive.”
(d) “Hardest.”

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

4. In the reenactment of the killing of the pig in Chapter 8: “Gift for the Darkness,” who portrays the killer?
(a) Roger.
(b) Maurice.
(c) Jack.
(d) Robert.

5. As Ralph drifts to sleep in Chapter 10: “The Shell and the Glasses,” he imagines to himself, “Supposing they could be transported home by jet, then before morning they would land at that big airfield” where?
(a) “In London.”
(b) “In New York.”
(c) “In Manchester.”
(d) “In Wiltshire.”

6. In the beginning of Chapter 7: “Shadows and Tall Trees,” Ralph wishes that he had a pair of scissors to do what?
(a) Cut his shirt sleeves.
(b) Cut his shorts.
(c) Cut a boat sail.
(d) Cut his hair.

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

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

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

10. Who says at the suggestion of going to Castle Rock to talk to Jack about Piggy’s glasses, “We ought to take spears,” in Chapter 11: “Castle Rock”?
(a) Sam.
(b) Simon.
(c) Percival.
(d) Piggy.

11. Which of the boys volunteer to go along with Jack to steal fire from the other camp that night in Chapter 10: “The Shell and the Glasses”?
(a) James and Peter.
(b) Bill and Stewart.
(c) Maurice and Roger.
(d) Robert and Simon.

12. What does Simon say when he first speaks aloud in the jungle in Chapter 9: “A View to a Death”?
(a) “Where are Jack and the others?”
(b) “What else is there to do?”
(c) “Why can’t I get home?”
(d) “Where is the Lord of the Flies?”

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) “Obvious curiosity.”
(b) “Love for their leader.”
(c) “Unquenchable vitality.”
(d) “Vitriol and violence.”

14. Who cuts the sow’s neck with a knife in Chapter 8: “Gift for the Darkness”?
(a) Jack.
(b) Johnny.
(c) Ralph.
(d) Simon.

15. What does the officer say drew his crew to the island in Chapter 12: “Cry of the Hunters”?
(a) The sound of gunfire.
(b) The sounds of screaming.
(c) The sight of the airplane wreckage.
(d) The smoke from the fire.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the first tactic that Jack’s tribe uses to flush Ralph from the thicket in Chapter 12: “Cry of the Hunters”?

2. Ralph says to the boys in Chapter 11: “Castle Rock” that when they approach Jack’s camp “we won’t be painted because we aren’t” what?

3. 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”?

4. 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?

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

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