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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. Simon makes an allusion to what English Queen in Chapter 7: “Shadows and Tall Trees”?
(a) Queen Victoria.
(b) Berengaria of Navarre.
(c) Eleanor of Rigby.
(d) Queen Elizabeth.

2. What does the word “myopia” mean, as used in Chapter 11: “Castle Rock”?
(a) Nearsightedness.
(b) Betrayal.
(c) Unworthiness.
(d) Farsightedness.

3. 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 chest.
(b) On his neck.
(c) On his arm.
(d) On his knee.

4. 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) "Raft."
(d) "Radio."

5. Piggy suggests to the boys that they rebuild the fire where, in Chapter 8: “Gift for the Darkness”?
(a) On the mountain.
(b) In the forest.
(c) On the beach.
(d) At the Castle Rock.

Short Answer Questions

1. In the reenactment of the killing of the pig in Chapter 8: “Gift for the Darkness,” who portrays the killer?

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

3. The narrator states in Chapter 8: “Gift for the Darkness,” “The greatest ideas are the” what?

4. Who calls to Ralph and the others as they approach Jack’s fortress in Chapter 11: “Castle Rock,” saying “Halt! Who goes there?”

5. What does Jack say “doesn’t count at this end of the island” in Chapter 9: “A View to a Death”?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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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