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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. 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) Simon.
(b) Maurice.
(c) Ralph.
(d) Piggy.

2. In the end of Chapter 12: “Cry of the Hunters,” Ralph is said to weep for “the end of innocence, the darkness of man’s heart,” and for the death of what “true, wise friend”?
(a) Piggy.
(b) Simon.
(c) Jack.
(d) Sam.

3. As Ralph drifts to sleep in Chapter 10: “The Shell and the Glasses,” he imagines to himself, “Supposing they could be transported home by jet, then before morning they would land at that big airfield” where?
(a) “In New York.”
(b) “In London.”
(c) “In Wiltshire.”
(d) “In Manchester.”

4. It is revealed to Roger in Chapter 10: “The Shell and the Glasses” that Jack got angry at what boy and had him tied up so that he can be beaten?
(a) Wilfred.
(b) Roger.
(c) Maurice.
(d) Stanley.

5. 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) Henry.
(c) Johnny.
(d) Piggy.

Short Answer Questions

1. In Chapter 11: “Castle Rock,” the narrator says, “There was no sign left of the storm, and the beach was swept clean like a blade that has been scoured.” What literary technique is used in this sentence?

2. Who suggests that the boys use their socks like caps in Chapter 11: “Castle Rock”?

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

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

5. Which of the following is one of the central themes in Lord of the Flies?

Short Essay Questions

1. What happens when one of the hunters spots a pig in Chapter 7: “Shadows and Tall Trees”?

2. What suggestions do Piggy and Simon make following the meeting in Chapter 8: “Gift for the Darkness”?

3. What conflicts arise when Jack arrives at the fort in Chapter 11: “Castle Rock”?

4. How does Piggy die in Chapter 11: “Castle Rock”? Who is responsible for his death?

5. What is foreshadowed by the changing relationship between Jack and Ralph in Chapter 7: “Shadows and Tall Trees”?

6. Where does Ralph sleep before “the hunt” in Chapter 12: “Cry of the Hunters”? What awakens him?

7. What is represented by the behavior of the boys during the ritualistic dance in Chapter 7: “Shadows and Tall Trees”?

8. What is decided on the journey to the mountain in Chapter 7: “Shadows and Tall Trees”?

9. What is illustrated by the fact that many of the boys begin to disappear from Ralph’s camp in Chapter 8: “Gift for the Darkness”?

10. How do the actions of Jack’s tribe debilitate Ralph’s tribe in Chapter 10: “The Shell and the Glasses”?

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