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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 cuts his knee quite badly as the boys move along the rocks of the shoreline in Chapter 7: “Shadows and Tall Trees”?
(a) Robert.
(b) Jack.
(c) Roger.
(d) Ralph.

2. What does Ralph tell Piggy is “the only thing to do” in Chapter 9: “A View to a Death”?
(a) “Going to the mountain.”
(b) “Begging for help.”
(c) “Calling Ralph’s auntie.”
(d) “Bathing.”

3. The narrator notes when the feast begins to die down in Chapter 9: “A View to a Death,” “Evening was come, not with calm beauty but with” what?
(a) “The power of sacrifice.”
(b) “A solemn reverence.”
(c) “The threat of violence.”
(d) “The threat of rain.”

4. Who does Jack order his tribe to capture and tie up in Chapter 11: “Castle Rock”?
(a) Henry and Roger.
(b) Percival and Bill.
(c) Piggy and Ralph.
(d) Sam and Eric.

5. What is the first tactic that Jack’s tribe uses to flush Ralph from the thicket in Chapter 12: “Cry of the Hunters”?
(a) They flood it with water.
(b) They light the thicket on fire.
(c) They hurl boulders into it.
(d) They shoot a gun into the thicket.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who obeys when Jack orders “Give me a drink” after he’s eaten at the feast in Chapter 9: “A View to a Death”?

2. As Ralph’s remaining tribe heads toward Jack’s fortress in Chapter 11: “Castle Rock,” the narrator says, “Behind [Ralph] came the twins, worried now for a while but full of” what?

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. In the ending of Chapter 12: “Cry of the Hunters,” the narrator notes that when the children all begin weeping, “The officer, surrounded by these noises, was moved and a little” what?

5. Who says at the suggestion of going to Castle Rock to talk to Jack about Piggy’s glasses, “We ought to take spears,” in Chapter 11: “Castle Rock”?

Short Essay Questions

1. What is represented by the behavior of the boys during the ritualistic dance 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 do Jack and Ralph argue about during their journey in Chapter 7: “Shadows and Tall Trees”?

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

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

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

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

8. What is symbolized by the death of Simon in Chapter 9: “A View to a Death”?

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

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

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