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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. How many of the boys raise their hands when Jack demands of them, “Who thinks Ralph oughtn’t to be chief?” in Chapter 8: “Gift for the Darkness”?
(a) 2.
(b) 3.
(c) 10.
(d) 0.

2. Piggy says as they relight the fire in Chapter 10: “The Shell and the Glasses,” “If only we could make a” what?
(a) "Saw."
(b) "Fan."
(c) "Radio."
(d) "Raft."

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

4. Which of the boys pick up and carry the pig after the kill in Chapter 8: “Gift for the Darkness”?
(a) Piggy and Percival.
(b) Simon and Ralph.
(c) Henry and Jack.
(d) Maurice and Robert.

5. Where does the narrator say a great scab had formed on Ralph in the opening of Chapter 10: “The Shell and the Glasses”?
(a) On his knee.
(b) On his chest.
(c) On his neck.
(d) On his arm.

Short Answer Questions

1. How many feet down does Piggy fall when he is hit by the rock in Chapter 11: “Castle Rock”?

2. Who acts as Ralph’s witness that he hit the boar with the spear in Chapter 7: “Shadows and Tall Trees,” saying “I saw you. Right bang on his snout—Wheee!”?

3. Ralph tells Piggy in Chapter 10: “The Shell and the Glasses,” “I’m frightened. Of” what?

4. What happens to the body of the boy who is killed during the ritual in Chapter 9: “A View to a Death”?

5. 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”?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. Why does Ralph begin running for the beach and shelters in Chapter 12: “Cry of the Hunters”?

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. How does Jack differ from Ralph as a leader, as seen in Chapter 10: “The Shell and the Glasses”?

5. What is ironic about the denouement of Lord of the Flies?

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

7. How does Ralph attempt to escape the hunters in Chapter 12: “Cry of the Hunters”?

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

9. What does Jack announce at the meeting in the beginning of Chapter 8: “Gift for the Darkness”?

10. How is the death of Simon perceived by the boys in Chapter 10: “The Shell and the Glasses”? What does this indicate about their characters?

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