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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is Percival’s full name that he states in Chapter 5: “Beast from Water”?
(a) Percival Wemys Madison.
(b) Percival James Anderson.
(c) Percival William Jackson.
(d) Percival Henry Waterson.

2. What word, used to describe Ralph’s feelings about the shell in Chapter 5: “Beast from Water,” refers to a feeling of deep respect tinged with awe?
(a) Reverence.
(b) Simile.
(c) Vicissitude.
(d) Belligerence.

3. Where are the boys in Lord of the Flies from originally?
(a) The United States.
(b) England.
(c) France.
(d) Ireland.

4. The narrator says in Chapter 4: “Painted Faces and Long Hair,” “At midday the illusions merged into the sky and there the sun gazed down like” what?
(a) “A great bird.”
(b) “A loving overlord.”
(c) “A parent’s eye.”
(d) “An angry eye.”

5. As Simon attempts to speak during the assembly in Chapter 5: “Beast from Water,” the narrator states, “Simon became inarticulate in his effort to express mankind’s essential” what?
(a) “Reverence.”
(b) “Illness.”
(c) “Beauty.”
(d) “Hope.”

Short Answer Questions

1. How old does Ralph say he was when his father taught him to swim in Chapter 1: “The Sound of the Shell”?

2. What word does Piggy use in Chapter 4: “Painted Faces and Long Hair” to refer to images that appeared on the horizon and then disappeared as the boys watched?

3. What is the name of the first little boy that arrives from the jungle when Ralph blows on the shell in Chapter 1: “The Sound of the Shell”?

4. Which of the boys are thoughtful enough to bring leaves for the signal fire in Chapter 2: “Fire on the Mountain”?

5. Which of the littluns has been left “in triumphant possession of the castles” after the others have run off in Chapter 4: “Painted Faces and Long Hair”?

Short Essay Questions

1. What is discussed as the “main point” of the meeting in Chapter 5: “Beast from Water”?

2. What leads to the impromptu meeting in Chapter 6: “Beast from Air”? What decision is made at the meeting?

3. Why does Ralph confront Jack in the beginning of Chapter 3: “Huts on the Beach”? How does Jack respond?

4. What can be interpreted by Jack’s behavior toward Piggy in Chapter 4: “Painted Faces and Long Hair”?

5. How have Ralph’s feelings about Piggy begun to change in Chapter 5: “Beast from Water”?

6. How would you describe the tone and mood in the beginning of Chapter 5: “Beast from Water”?

7. What is discussed at the meeting in Chapter 1: “The Sound of the Shell”? How do the boys feel about their situation?

8. How would you describe the exploration of the boys in Chapter 1: “The Sound of the Shell”?

9. What characteristics serve to develop the conflict between Ralph and Jack in Chapter 5: “Beast from Water”?

10. What does the conch shell come to represent symbolically in Chapter 2: “Fire on the Mountain”? Why?

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