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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.
Short Answer Questions
1. During Piggy’s speech at the podium during the assembly he declares that “Life is” what, in Chapter 5: “Beast from Water”?
2. What word used in Chapter 4: “Painted Faces and Long Hair” refers to a warlike or aggressively hostile nature or attitude?
3. As the big boys set out to hunt down the beast in Chapter 6: “Beast from Air,” the narrator states, “This day promised, like the others, to be a sunbath under” what?
4. Which of the boys had, in his “other life… received chastisement for filling a younger eye with sand,” according to the narrator in Chapter 4: “Painted Faces and Long Hair”?
5. Who are described as “the smallest boys on the island” in Chapter 4: “Painted Faces and Long Hair”?
Short Essay Questions
1. What can be interpreted by Jack’s behavior toward Piggy in Chapter 4: “Painted Faces and Long Hair”?
2. What is found at the castle rock in Chapter 6: “Beast from Air”? Where do the boys go next?
3. How have Ralph’s feelings about Piggy begun to change in Chapter 5: “Beast from Water”?
4. What routines have been established on the island in Chapter 4: “Painted Faces and Long Hair”?
5. What is an example from Chapter 2: “Fire on the Mountain” that illustrates Piggy’s position within the group?
6. Why does Jack begin wearing face paint in Chapter 4: “Painted Faces and Long Hair”?
7. Why do you think Piggy’s statements during the meeting are largely ignored in Chapter 2: “Fire on the Mountain”?
8. What is foreshadowed at the vote for the leader at the meeting in Chapter 1: “The Sound of the Shell”? Who is chosen?
9. What events have led to the boys’ arrival on the island in Lord of the Flies?
10. What element of fear and suspense is introduced during the meeting in Chapter 2: “Fire on the Mountain”
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
Describe and discuss the character of Jack Merridew in the novel. How old are the choir boys that are on the island? What was Jack’s role within the choir? How do the characters of Jack and Ralph get along in the beginning of the story? What potential conflicts are established in the first chapters?
Essay Topic 2
Discuss the destruction of Piggy’s glasses in Chapter 4. How do the spectacles get broken? How do the other boys respond to this violence? What does this suggest about the growing lack of discipline among these boys? What does this say about Ralph’s ability to lead?
Essay Topic 3
Compare and contrast the leadership qualities of Ralph and Jack in the novel. Why does Jack decide to leave Ralph’s group? What happens when he makes this announcement? What will happen to Ralph’s group without the hunters?
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