Lord of the Flies Reading Quiz.
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- False
- (T or F) The parachutist had been the pilot of the plane which was transporting the boys before the wreck.
- C
- In the presence of the Naval officer, the boys a) are belligerent b) continue to attack Ralph c) are ashamed and cry.
- C
- The first two boys on the island introduced to the reader are a) Rodger and Piggy b) Ralph and Jack c) Piggy and Ralph
- C
- Jack is intent when he hunts because a) the animals represent a threat to the boys. b) it is an appealing sport. c) he becomes overwhelmed by the compulsion to track down and kill prey.
- C
- All of the following actually praticipate in the hunt EXCEPT a) Ralph b) Simon c) Percival
- False
- (T or F) Ralph becomes so disillusioned with maintaining orader that at one point in the novel he considers giving up being chief.
- C
- The boy whom Jack ties up and beats for an unrevealed crime is a) Maurice b) Robert c) Wilfred
- B
- In the eyes of the pig's head Simon sees a) victory b) cynicism of adult life c) desire for revenge
- C
- The hunters leave the pig's head as a a) warning to the others b) symbol of their unity c) gift for the beast
- True
- (T or F) Ralph does not always show enthusiasm for Piggy's ideas.
- C
- During the night, Simon often sneaks off to a) search for the beast b) explore the island c) think in his private place.
- False
- (T or F) Piggy's idea about building a sundial is totally inpossible.
- False
- (T or F) Ralph is selected leader because he had been the boys' leader back at school.
- C
- The "beast from the air" is first sighted by a) Jack b) Simon c) Sam and Eric
- B
- The naval officer sees Jack as a a) painted savage b) little red-headed boy c) natural leader.
- B
- Ralph's leadership fails because a) he is a poor leader b) the boys fail to support their own rules which he attempts to uphold c) he will not listen to the boys.
- True
- (T or F) The choir is given the responsibility of hunting.
- B
- The boys who climb the mountain wit hJack to view the beast are a) Ralph and Simon b) Ralph and Roger c) Piggy and Ralph
- False
- (T or F) When Jack refuses to give Piggy any meat at the feast, Ralph shares his meat with Piggy.
- True
- (T or F) Piggy's glasses are broken in a scuffle with Jack
- False
- (T or F) The Lord of the Flies is nothing more than a pig's head on a stick.
- True
- (T or F) Simon talks with "the Lord of the Flies" in a dreamlike (hallucinating) state.
- B
- Piggy is killed a) as he crawls out of the forest b) at Castle Rock c) in the fight at the hut.
- C
- When their plane crashes, the boys are going to a) Europe for their summer vacation b) visit their fathers c) a safer place for the duration of the war
- True
- (T or F) Jack, Ralph, and Roger climb the mountain to investigate the beast.
- False
- (T or F) Ralph comes to respect Piggy's intelligence.
- True
- (T or F) The boy with the mulberry-colored birthmark is the first to introduce the idea of a beast on the island.
- True
- (T or F) In the first part of the novel, Roger refuses to hit some of the smaller boys with the stones because he doesn't want to be cruel.
- False
- (T or F) The boys discover immediatly that they are on a hostile island
- A
- Jack gets fire for his group by a) stealing it from Ralph b) using Piggy's glasses lens c) rubbing two sticks together