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

2. Which boy interrupts Jack when he is talking about the beast appearing in disguise to say, “But didn’t we, didn’t we--?” in Chapter 10: “The Shell and the Glasses”?
(a) Maurice.
(b) Roger.
(c) Wilfred.
(d) Stanley.

3. Which of the following is one of the central themes in Lord of the Flies?
(a) Civility versus savagery.
(b) Political corruption.
(c) Beauty versus ugliness.
(d) The betrayal of the mother.

4. The Coral Island: A Tale of the Pacific Ocean was written by what Scottish author?
(a) R. M. Ballantyne.
(b) Mark Twain.
(c) Henry James.
(d) Samuel Beckett.

5. What does the imagery surrounding the vast sea symbolize in Chapter 7: “Shadows and Tall Trees”?
(a) Piggy.
(b) Ralph’s mother.
(c) Brotherly love.
(d) Eternity.

Short Answer Questions

1. What colors of face paint is Jack described as wearing in Chapter 10: “The Shell and the Glasses”?

2. What is Jack described as wearing at his waist in the end of Chapter 12: “Cry of the Hunters”?

3. When Ralph and Piggy arrive at the feast in Chapter 9: “A View to a Death,” which of the boys, “thinking that Ralph had turned to him accusingly, put down his gnawed bone with a nervous giggle”?

4. What lies on the ground behind Jack and his hunters when they emerge from the forest toward Ralph, Piggy, and the twins, in Chapter 11: “Castle Rock,”?

5. 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?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

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

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

7. 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”?

8. Why do Ralph and Piggy go to Jack’s camp in Chapter 9: “A View to a Death”? What do they find there?

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

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

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