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Lord of the Flies
Lord of the Flies Test
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Who took pleasure in cutting the pig's throat? | Jack |
| Who saw a ship on the horizon? | Ralph |
| Who was the "real" beast? | parachute man |
| Who didn't do very much to help? | Littluns |
| Ralph and some of the others broke down when he arrived | the officer |
| Who was humiliated about being "taken short" at night? | Simon |
| Who was the last to go to the side of Jack's tribe? | Samneric |
| Who was inherently mean and kicked over the Littluns' sand castles? | Roger |
| Jack could not relax because he desperately wanted this | control |
| From the very beginning, this was the highly revered symbol of authority of the island. | the conch |
| Who was an intelligent but outcast character? | Piggy |
| What was repeatedly taken from Piggy? | his specs |
| What was the pig's head that "spoke" to Simon? | the Lord of the Flies |
| The boy's couldn't agree on what who looked like? | the beast |
| What was fascinated by tiny tidal creatures? | Henry |
| There were no adults on the island. How did the boys feel about this at first? | thrilled |
| What gave the boys the right to speak? | the conch |
| Who considered fire more important than anything else? | Ralph |
| What did Roger, Jack, and Ralph go up the mountain together to see? | the beast |
| What was the "bulging thing" up on the mountain-top? | thought to be the beastie |
| The pig's head was really the what? | the Lord of the Flies |
| When Simon came down from the mountain-top, what did the others do? | fatally beat him |
| For which of these events were Ralph and Piggy not present: the beginning of the novel, when the officer arrived, when the fire was set, Simon's death | They were present for all of these events. |
| Why was Jack able to convince the boys to follow him? | by offering them meat |
| Who is the author of Lord of the Flies? | William Golding |
| Why couldn't Piggy do a lot of physical labor? | he had asthma |
| Why did Jack feel he should be elected leader? | he was head chorister |
| To the boys, what form did the beastie take? | a snake-thing, a thing from the sea, and a "bulging thing" |
| What did Jack do the first time he came upon a pig? | he pulled out his knife but chickened out |
| What was the most important thing to most of the boys? | being rescued |
| What did Jack do after he said, "I'm not going to play any longer. Not with you..."? | he moved out |
| Why did Jack eventually become leader? | he pushed the boys into accepting him |
| Who built shelters while the others ran off the play, bathe, and eat? | Simon and Ralph |
| The boys missed the ship on the horizon because the fire was out. Who was responsible? | Jack and the choir |
| Who was crying out something about a body on the hill as he met his end? | Simon |