Lord of the Flies, Chapters 4-6
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English
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7th - 12th Grade
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E Griffith
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This quiz covers William Golding's *Lord of the Flies* chapters 4-6, making it appropriate for middle school through early high school students, primarily grades 7-9. The questions assess students' literal comprehension of key plot events, character development, and emerging thematic elements within these pivotal chapters. Students need to understand the deteriorating social structure on the island, the growing conflict between Ralph's leadership focused on rescue and Jack's obsession with hunting, and the introduction of the "beast" as both external fear and internal evil. The quiz requires students to track character motivations, analyze symbolic elements like the conch shell representing order, and recognize how Golding uses specific incidents—such as the hunters letting the signal fire die and the boys' violent reenactment of the pig killing—to illustrate the breakdown of civilization. Students must also comprehend the significance of key locations like Castle Rock and understand how characters like Simon, Piggy, and the littluns serve different functions in Golding's exploration of human nature when societal constraints are removed. Created by E. Griffith, an English teacher in the US who teaches grades 7-12. This comprehensive quiz serves multiple instructional purposes throughout a unit on *Lord of the Flies*, functioning effectively as a formative assessment tool to gauge student comprehension before moving to deeper analytical work. Teachers can deploy this quiz as a reading check to ensure students have completed and understood the assigned chapters, use it as a warm-up activity to activate prior knowledge before class discussions, or assign it as homework to reinforce key plot points and character developments. The mix of factual recall questions and higher-order thinking items about authorial intent and symbolism makes it valuable for differentiated instruction, allowing teachers to identify which students need additional support with basic comprehension versus those ready for more complex literary analysis. This assessment aligns with Common Core standards CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RL.8.1 for citing textual evidence, CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RL.8.3 for analyzing character development and plot progression, and CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RL.8.2 for determining themes and analyzing their development throughout the text.
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1.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
How did the littluns spend most of their time?
crying
playing
hunting
reading
Tags
CCSS.RI.2.1
CCSS.RI.3.1
CCSS.RL.1.1
CCSS.RL.2.1
CCSS.RL.3.1
2.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
What does Jack want more than anything?
meat
rescue
comic book
break Piggy's glasses
Tags
CCSS.RL.11-12.3
CCSS.RL.6.3
CCSS.RL.7.3
CCSS.RL.8.3
CCSS.RL.9-10.3
3.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
What feelings does the author want the audience to experience when he has the boys reenact the killing of the pig?
Tags
CCSS.RL.11-12.4
CCSS.RL.6.4
CCSS.RL.7.4
CCSS.RL.8.4
CCSS.RL.9-10.4
4.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
What does Jack use to camouflage himself?
Tags
CCSS.RI.11-12.5
CCSS.RI.6.5
CCSS.RI.7.5
CCSS.RI.8.5
CCSS.RI.9-10.5
5.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
What are the hunters chanting?
Tags
CCSS.RL.5.3
CCSS.RL.5.7
CCSS.RL.6.3
CCSS.RL.6.9
6.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
What does Simon do when Jack refuses to give Piggy meat?
Tags
CCSS.RL.11-12.3
CCSS.RL.6.3
CCSS.RL.7.3
CCSS.RL.8.3
CCSS.RL.9-10.3
7.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
What else are the hunters in charge of?
Building a boat
Finding fruit and vegetables
Making sure the signal fire does not die out.
Building shelter
Tags
CCSS.RI.2.1
CCSS.RI.3.1
CCSS.RL.1.1
CCSS.RL.2.1
CCSS.RL.3.1
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