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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. In Ralph’s memory in Chapter 7: “Shadows and Tall Trees,” he recalls following his father from Chatham to where?
(a) Davenport.
(b) New York.
(c) Willoughby.
(d) London.

2. When the boys reenact the battle for the boar in Chapter 7: “Shadows and Tall Trees,” which of the boys portrays the boar?
(a) Sam.
(b) Jack.
(c) Simon.
(d) Robert.

3. Who calls to Ralph and the others as they approach Jack’s fortress in Chapter 11: “Castle Rock,” saying “Halt! Who goes there?”
(a) Phil.
(b) Roger.
(c) Simon.
(d) Robert.

4. What is impaled on the stick that is referred as “The Lord of the Flies” in Chapter 9: “A View to a Death”?
(a) A pig’s head.
(b) A horse’s head.
(c) A human head.
(d) A dead bird.

5. 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”?
(a) 10.
(b) 0.
(c) 3.
(d) 2.

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) Simon.
(d) Jack.

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

8. In the end of Chapter 12: “Cry of the Hunters,” Ralph is said to weep for “the end of innocence, the darkness of man’s heart,” and for the death of what “true, wise friend”?
(a) Sam.
(b) Piggy.
(c) Jack.
(d) Simon.

9. By what name does Ralph refer to Jack’s followers in Chapter 10: “The Shell and the Glasses”?
(a) “The Painteds.”
(b) “The Reds.”
(c) “The Pig-killers.”
(d) “The Blues.”

10. 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.

11. Which of the boys is killed during the ritual in Chapter 9: “A View to a Death”?
(a) Piggy.
(b) Simon.
(c) Jack.
(d) Maurice.

12. Which boy interrupts Jack when he is talking about the beast appearing in disguise to say, “But didn’t we, didn’t we--?” in Chapter 10: “The Shell and the Glasses”?
(a) Roger.
(b) Wilfred.
(c) Maurice.
(d) Stanley.

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

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

15. What word is used in Chapter 10: “The Shell and the Glasses” to mean pertaining to the study of religious truth or divinity?
(a) Peripheral.
(b) Theological.
(c) Vicissitude.
(d) Political.

Short Answer Questions

1. 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?

2. Sam and Eric tell Ralph in Chapter 12: “Cry of the Hunters” that Jack and who plant to hunt him tomorrow?

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

4. 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?

5. Who obeys when Jack orders “Give me a drink” after he’s eaten at the feast in Chapter 9: “A View to a Death”?

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