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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. The word “leviathan” that is used in Chapter 6: “Beast from Air” refers to what?
(a) A spaceship.
(b) A hawk.
(c) A political organization.
(d) A sea monster.

2. The members of the choir have adjusted their choir hats to resemble what, in Chapter 2: “Fire on the Mountain”?
(a) Wizard hats.
(b) Berets.
(c) Fedoras.
(d) Cowboy hats.

3. The author uses the following sentence in Chapter 2: “Fire on the Mountain”: “The flames, as though they were a kind of wild life, crept as a jaguar creeps on its belly toward a line of birch-like saplings that fledged an outcrop of the pink rock.” What literary technique is used in this sentence?
(a) Literary allusion.
(b) Personification.
(c) Simile.
(d) Onomatopoeia.

4. 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”?
(a) Maurice.
(b) Henry.
(c) Percival.
(d) Johnny.

5. 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) Phil.
(b) Simon.
(c) Johnny.
(d) Maurice.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Simon hand to the littluns after they’ve followed him into the forest in Chapter 3: “Huts on the Beach”?

2. Who is the only boy who does not help gather firewood in Chapter 2: “Fire on the Mountain”?

3. Of the three littluns that are described together playing by the sandcastles in Chapter 4: “Painted Faces and Long Hair,” who is described as “the biggest of them”?

4. Who suggests that the boys hold a vote for the chief in Chapter 1: “The Sound of the Shell”?

5. What weapons have Jack and the choir boys devised for hunting game on the island in Chapter 3: “Huts on the Beach”?

Short Essay Questions

1. What routines have been established on the island in Chapter 4: “Painted Faces and Long Hair”?

2. 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”?

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

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

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

6. What is an example from Chapter 2: “Fire on the Mountain” that illustrates Piggy’s position within the group?

7. What events lead up to the panic of Sam and Eric in the beginning of Chapter 6: “Beast from Air”?

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

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

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

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