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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. What does Piggy say Sam and Eric are doing when Ralph arrives at the camp in the beginning of Chapter 10: “The Shell and the Glasses”?
(a) Gathering fruit.
(b) Hunting pigs.
(c) Gathering firewood.
(d) Going to Jack’s camp.

2. 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) Wilfred.
(d) Stanley.

3. What does Simon say when he first speaks aloud in the jungle in Chapter 9: “A View to a Death”?
(a) “Where is the Lord of the Flies?”
(b) “Where are Jack and the others?”
(c) “Why can’t I get home?”
(d) “What else is there to do?”

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) Sam and Eric.
(d) Piggy and Ralph.

5. What is Jack described as wearing at his waist in the end of Chapter 12: “Cry of the Hunters”?
(a) A cavalry pistol.
(b) A choir cloak.
(c) A pair of broken spectacles.
(d) A mutilated pig’s head.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who does Piggy say was murdered in Chapter 11: “Castle Rock”?

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

3. What part of his body gives Simon frequent pain as he makes his way through the jungle in Chapter 9: “A View to a Death”?

4. Ralph says to the boys in Chapter 11: “Castle Rock” that when they approach Jack’s camp “we won’t be painted because we aren’t” what?

5. 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,”?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

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

6. What happens when one of the hunters spots a pig in Chapter 7: “Shadows and Tall Trees”?

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

8. 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?

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

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

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