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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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) Jack.
(b) Simon.
(c) Robert.
(d) Sam.

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

4. What does Simon whisper to Ralph as Ralph sits engulfed in staring at the sea in Chapter 7: “Shadows and Tall Trees”?
(a) “You’ll get back to where you came from.”
(b) “I’ve seen the Lord of the Flies.”
(c) “I’m sure that your father is out there somewhere.”
(d) “Don’t worry. Jack won’t kill you.”

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

6. Who asks Jack as he disembowels the pig, “How can we make a fire?” in Chapter 8: “Gift for the Darkness”?
(a) Roger.
(b) Maurice.
(c) Henry.
(d) Percival.

7. What happens to the body of the boy who is killed during the ritual in Chapter 9: “A View to a Death”?
(a) It is eaten by vultures.
(b) It is carried away by the tide.
(c) It is impaled on a stick.
(d) It is eaten by boars.

8. Who cuts his knee quite badly as the boys move along the rocks of the shoreline in Chapter 7: “Shadows and Tall Trees”?
(a) Robert.
(b) Ralph.
(c) Jack.
(d) Roger.

9. What ailment does Simon seemingly suffer from in Lord of the Flies?
(a) Asthma.
(b) Tuberculosis.
(c) Epilepsy
(d) Color-blindness.

10. What suggestion does Simon make when he takes the shell at the meeting in Chapter 8: “Gift for the Darkness”?
(a) “I think we ought to climb the mountain.”
(b) “I think we ought to call your auntie.”
(c) “I think we ought to follow Jack.”
(d) “I think we ought to return to the shelter.”

11. Who obeys when Jack orders “Give me a drink” after he’s eaten at the feast in Chapter 9: “A View to a Death”?
(a) Percival.
(b) Piggy.
(c) Henry.
(d) Johnny.

12. 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) Sam.
(c) Jack.
(d) Piggy.

13. 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) Wilfred.
(b) Stanley.
(c) Roger.
(d) Maurice.

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 leg.
(b) His back.
(c) His tongue.
(d) His arm.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What do the twins and Piggy bring back to Ralph from the forest in Chapter 8: “Gift for the Darkness”?

2. Who calls to Ralph and the others as they approach Jack’s fortress in Chapter 11: “Castle Rock,” saying “Halt! Who goes there?”

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?

4. Who cuts the sow’s neck with a knife in Chapter 8: “Gift for the Darkness”?

5. What is impaled on the stick that is referred as “The Lord of the Flies” in Chapter 9: “A View to a Death”?

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