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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 calls to Ralph and the others as they approach Jack’s fortress in Chapter 11: “Castle Rock,” saying “Halt! Who goes there?”
(a) Roger.
(b) Phil.
(c) Robert.
(d) Simon.

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?
(a) “In New York.”
(b) “In Wiltshire.”
(c) “In Manchester.”
(d) “In London.”

3. 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 horse’s head.
(b) A human head.
(c) A dead bird.
(d) A pig’s head.

4. What ailment does Simon seemingly suffer from in Lord of the Flies?
(a) Epilepsy
(b) Tuberculosis.
(c) Asthma.
(d) Color-blindness.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What word from Chapter 7: “Shadows and Tall Trees” means rich abundance or lushness?

2. Who responds when Ralph asks where Jack is in Chapter 11: “Castle Rock,” saying “He’s hunting. And he said we weren’t to let you in”?

3. How are the hunters able to find the wounded sow in Chapter 8: “Gift for the Darkness”?

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

5. Which of the boys volunteer to go along with Jack to steal fire from the other camp that night in Chapter 10: “The Shell and the Glasses”?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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 is symbolized by the destruction of the conch shell in Chapter 11: “Castle Rock”?

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

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

7. What does Simon discover while he is alone in the forest in Chapter 9: “A View to a Death”?

8. What leads up to Simon’s death in Chapter 9: “A View to a Death”? How does Simon die?

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

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

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