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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 lights the new fire in Chapter 8: “Gift for the Darkness”?
(a) Simon.
(b) Piggy.
(c) Jack.
(d) Johnny.

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

3. It is revealed to Roger in Chapter 10: “The Shell and the Glasses” that Jack got angry at what boy and had him tied up so that he can be beaten?
(a) Maurice.
(b) Roger.
(c) Stanley.
(d) Wilfred.

4. What symbolic object in the novel was destroyed when Piggy died?
(a) The pig's head.
(b) The shell.
(c) The staff.
(d) The knife.

5. What word from Chapter 10: “The Shell and the Glasses” means to make gestures in an excited manner?
(a) Luxuriate.
(b) Revere.
(c) Pontificate
(d) Gesticulate.

Short Answer Questions

1. Piggy suggests to the boys that they rebuild the fire where, in Chapter 8: “Gift for the Darkness”?

2. By what name does Ralph refer to Jack’s followers in Chapter 10: “The Shell and the Glasses”?

3. Piggy says as they relight the fire in Chapter 10: “The Shell and the Glasses,” “If only we could make a” what?

4. What suggestion does Simon make when he takes the shell at the meeting in Chapter 8: “Gift for the Darkness”?

5. Jack tells his hunters at the meeting in the beginning of Chapter 8: “Gift for the Darkness” that Ralph said they are all what?

Short Essay Questions

1. What is Ralph doing in the beginning of Chapter 12: “Cry of the Hunters”? What news does he learn from the twins?

2. 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?

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

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

5. 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”?

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

7. What is decided on the journey to the mountain in Chapter 7: “Shadows and Tall Trees”?

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

9. What argument ensues between Ralph and his companions regarding the fire in Chapter 10: “The Shell and the Glasses”?

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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