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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. 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) Simon.
(b) Maurice.
(c) Roger.
(d) Robert.

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

3. 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 shoot a gun into the thicket.
(b) They hurl boulders into it.
(c) They flood it with water.
(d) They light the thicket on fire.

4. What is the second tactic used by Jack’s tribe to flush Ralph from the thicket in Chapter 12: “Cry of the Hunters”?
(a) They light the thicket on fire.
(b) They send a wild boar into the thicket.
(c) They hurl boulders into the thicket.
(d) They shoot guns into the thicket.

5. What does Simon discover “the beast” to actually be in Chapter 9: “A View to a Death”?
(a) A dead pilot attached to a parachute.
(b) A dead water buffalo.
(c) A part of a plane engine.
(d) A severed pig’s head impaled on a stick.

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

7. What does the word “propitiate” mean, as used in Chapter 11: “Castle Rock”?
(a) To worship.
(b) To appease.
(c) To gather.
(d) To propel.

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

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

10. Jack claims at the meeting in the beginning of Chapter 8: “Gift for the Darkness” that Ralph “says things like” whom?
(a) Minaret.
(b) Charlatan.
(c) Prefect.
(d) Sepal.

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

12. 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) A religious act.
(b) Self-protection.
(c) A sign of power.
(d) An accident.

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

14. What part of his body gives Simon frequent pain as he makes his way through the jungle in Chapter 9: “A View to a Death”?
(a) His arm.
(b) His tongue.
(c) His back.
(d) His leg.

15. 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) Murderers.
(b) Cowards.
(c) Savages.
(d) Monsters.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Ralph tells Piggy in Chapter 10: “The Shell and the Glasses,” “I’m frightened. Of” what?

3. When the boys reenact the battle for the boar in Chapter 7: “Shadows and Tall Trees,” which of the boys portrays the boar?

4. 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”?

5. Who pulls the lever that drops the boulder, killing Piggy, in Chapter 11: “Castle Rock”?

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