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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 narrator states in Chapter 8: “Gift for the Darkness,” “The greatest ideas are the” what?
(a) “Simplest.”
(b) “Most complex.”
(c) “Hardest.”
(d) “Most derisive.”

2. What is the name of the littlun that first approaches the naval officer in Chapter 12: “Cry of the Hunters”?
(a) Percival.
(b) Phil.
(c) Henry.
(d) Bill.

3. What is Jack described as wearing at his waist in the end of Chapter 12: “Cry of the Hunters”?
(a) A mutilated pig’s head.
(b) A cavalry pistol.
(c) A pair of broken spectacles.
(d) A choir cloak.

4. What does the word “propitiate” mean, as used in Chapter 11: “Castle Rock”?
(a) To appease.
(b) To worship.
(c) To gather.
(d) To propel.

5. What is impaled on the stick that is referred as “The Lord of the Flies” in Chapter 9: “A View to a Death”?
(a) A pig’s head.
(b) A horse’s head.
(c) A dead bird.
(d) A human head.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Simon whisper to Ralph as Ralph sits engulfed in staring at the sea in Chapter 7: “Shadows and Tall Trees”?

2. 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?

3. In the beginning of Chapter 7: “Shadows and Tall Trees,” Ralph wishes that he had a pair of scissors to do what?

4. What does Ralph find in the forest to use as a weapon in Chapter 12: “Cry of the Hunters”?

5. What is Ralph said to be laying in at the beginning of Chapter 12: “Cry of the Hunters”?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does the conflict escalate between Jack and Ralph in Chapter 11: “Castle Rock”? Why?

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

3. 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”?

4. What do Ralph and his companions decide to do about the fire in Chapter 8: “Gift for the Darkness”?

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

6. What is represented metaphorically through the killing of the sow in Chapter 8: “Gift for the Darkness”?

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

8. What do Jack and Ralph argue about during their journey in Chapter 7: “Shadows and Tall Trees”?

9. Why does Ralph go to Jack’s fort in Chapter 11: “Castle Rock”? What does he encounter when he arrives?

10. What confrontation takes place between Jack and Ralph in Chapter 9: “A View to a Death”?

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