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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. What word used Chapter 9: “A View to a Death” means crazy or insane?
2. Piggy says as they relight the fire in Chapter 10: “The Shell and the Glasses,” “If only we could make a” what?
3. What is Ralph said to be laying in at the beginning of Chapter 12: “Cry of the Hunters”?
4. Who lights the new fire in Chapter 8: “Gift for the Darkness”?
5. After the ritual in Chapter 9: “A View to a Death,” the narrator says, “Along the shoreward edge of the shallows the advancing clearness was full of strange, moonbeam-bodied creatures with” what?
Short Essay Questions
1. What confrontation takes place between Jack and Ralph in Chapter 9: “A View to a Death”?
2. Why does Ralph begin running for the beach and shelters in Chapter 12: “Cry of the Hunters”?
3. How has Ralph’s tribe changed by the beginning of Chapter 10: “The Shell and the Glasses”?
4. What is represented metaphorically through the killing of the sow in Chapter 8: “Gift for the Darkness”?
5. What does Jack announce at the meeting in the beginning of Chapter 8: “Gift for the Darkness”?
6. Why does Ralph go to Jack’s fort in Chapter 11: “Castle Rock”? What does he encounter when he arrives?
7. 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?
8. How does the conflict escalate between Jack and Ralph in Chapter 11: “Castle Rock”? Why?
9. What do Ralph and his companions decide to do about the fire in Chapter 8: “Gift for the Darkness”?
10. What does Simon discover while he is alone in the forest in Chapter 9: “A View to a Death”?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
Describe and discuss the setting of Castle Rock in Chapter 6. How tall is the cliff that is described? How must Ralph and Jack go about accessing the area? How dangerous is this setting? Why?
Essay Topic 2
Discuss the use of face paint by Jack and his fellow hunters in Chapter 4: “Painted Faces and Long Hair.” Why does Jack decide he and his hunters need to wear makeup? What does this suggest about their level of civility? How does this mark a change in their behaviors?
Essay Topic 3
Discuss the outbreak of the forest fire in Chapter 2: “Fire on the Mountain” and the disappearance of the boy with the maroon birthmark. What is implied to have happened to the boy? Would this have happened if the others had heeded Piggy’s advice? Why or why not?
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