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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. 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.

3. 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?
(a) “Embarrassed.”
(b) "Angry."
(c) “Overwhelmed.”
(d) "Emotional."

4. 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?
(a) “The threat of rain.”
(b) “A solemn reverence.”
(c) “The power of sacrifice.”
(d) “The threat of violence.”

5. 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 shoot guns into the thicket.
(b) They light the thicket on fire.
(c) They hurl boulders into the thicket.
(d) They send a wild boar into the thicket.

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

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

8. 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”?
(a) Maurice.
(b) Simon.
(c) Piggy.
(d) Ralph.

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

10. 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.

11. 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) Simon.
(b) Sam.
(c) Percival.
(d) Piggy.

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

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

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

15. 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”?
(a) Robert.
(b) Jack.
(c) Maurice.
(d) Roger.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who asks Jack as he disembowels the pig, “How can we make a fire?” in Chapter 8: “Gift for the Darkness”?

2. 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”?

3. In the reenactment of the killing of the pig in Chapter 8: “Gift for the Darkness,” who portrays the killer?

4. Jack tells his hunters at the meeting in the beginning of Chapter 8: “Gift for the Darkness” that Ralph said they are all what?

5. What word used in Chapter 12: “Cry of the Hunters” means a kiss of peace?

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