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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. Which “littlun” is unaccounted for at the end of Chapter 2: “Fire on the Mountain”?
(a) The boy with the wheelchair.
(b) The boy with the birthmark.
(c) Henry.
(d) The boy with the glasses.

2. What is the name of the littlun that first steps forward to talk about the beast during the assembly in Chapter 5: “Beast from Water”?
(a) Maurice.
(b) Phil.
(c) Simon.
(d) Johnny.

3. Who is the only boy that is helping Ralph build the shelters in Chapter 3: “Huts on the Beach”?
(a) Henry.
(b) Simon.
(c) Jack.
(d) Johnny.

4. What word used in Chapter 4: “Painted Faces and Long Hair” refers to a warlike or aggressively hostile nature or attitude?
(a) Mirage.
(b) Vicissitude.
(c) Belligerence.
(d) Declivity.

5. Who does Ralph say will be guarding the fire that night during the assembly in Chapter 5: “Beast from Water”?
(a) Maurice and Roger.
(b) Johnny and Jack.
(c) Sam and Eric.
(d) Robert and Percival.

Short Answer Questions

1. What physical ailment does Piggy say he suffers from in Chapter 1: “The Sound of the Shell”?

2. Piggy tells Ralph in Chapter 1: “The Sound of the Shell” that he’s worn glasses since he was how old?

3. What is the name of the littlun that the narrator describes crawling into a shelter and staying there for two days, “talking, singing, and crying, till they thought him batty and were faintly amused” in Chapter 4: “Painted Faces and Long Hair”?

4. As Ralph prepares for the assembly in Chapter 5: “Beast from Water” he considers to himself, “I can’t think. Not like” whom?

5. What kind of shell do Ralph and Piggy discover on the beach in Chapter 1: “The Sound of the Shell”?

Short Essay Questions

1. How is the character of Simon described in the novel? What physical condition does Simon suffer from?

2. Why does Ralph allow Jack to take the lead in Chapter 6: “Beast from Air”? What consequences does this have?

3. How have Jack’s and Ralph’s experiences differed during the first days on the island, as seen in Chapter 3: “Huts on the Beach”?

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

5. How are the relationships between the older and younger boys illustrated in Chapter 4: “Painted Faces and Long Hair”?

6. What element of fear and suspense is introduced during the meeting in Chapter 2: “Fire on the Mountain”

7. What is found at the castle rock in Chapter 6: “Beast from Air”? Where do the boys go next?

8. Why do you think Piggy’s statements during the meeting are largely ignored in Chapter 2: “Fire on the Mountain”?

9. Who are the first characters introduced in Chapter 1: “The Sound of the Shell”? How are they described?

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

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