The Lord of the Flies - Chapters 5-8

What is the beast that the boys see at the top of the mountain?

• A monster with huge fangs and claws
• A dead parachuter 
• The boy with the birthmark who died in the fire
• There is nothing at the top of the mountain, the boys are just imagining it

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CCSS.RL.3.1

Who reports to Ralph that they saw the Beast while tending to the fire?

• Piggy
• Jack
• Simon
• Sam 'n Eric

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CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.5.7

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.6.9

Who does not join Jack's "tribe"?

• Simon, Ralph, and Piggy
• Simon, Piggy, and Roger
• Raplh, Piggy, and Henry
• Roger, Simon, and Maurice

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CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.5.7

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CCSS.RL.6.9

What is unsettling about the way the other boys respond to Jack's earlier suggestion to use a littlun as the next pig?

• they laugh at it and aren't particularly bothered by it
• they rush off to find a littlun
• they are shocked and ashamed of Jack
• they laugh at Jack

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CCSS.RL.5.3

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How does Jack respond when Ralph calls the hunters "boys armed with sticks"?

• Jack tells the hunters that Ralph called them cowards
• Jack asks Ralph how they should change for the better
• Jack violently attacks ralph
• He straight-up ignores Ralph for the rest of the chapter

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CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.5.7

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.6.9

What does Jack do when the boys do not respond to him wanting to take over as chief?

• he tells them that he is going off by himself
• he realizes how terrible and mean he has become
• he unnecessarily begins arguing with Piggy
• he asks Ralph for help

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CCSS.RL.9-10.3

Who said, "You knew, didn't you? I'm part of you? Close, close, close! I'm the reason why it's a no go? Why things are what they are?"

• The Beast
• The Lord of the Flies
• Simon
• Jack

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At the start of chapter 5, Ralph is angry and calls a meeting at dusk. What is the purpose of this meeting?

• He wants to discuss the boy who went missing in the fire.

• He wants to reestablish the rules and the importance of the fire.

• He wants to call Jack out for talking out of turn in meetings.

• He wants to assign a new group of boys to tend the fire .

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CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.5.7

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.6.9

Which of the following is NOT a topic that Ralph discusses in the meeting at the beginning of chapter 5?

• keeping fresh water in the coconuts

• using the rocks for a bathroom

• bathing in the lagoon

• helping to build shelters

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CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.5.7

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By chapter 5, how has the conch changed?

• its color has faded

• the sound it makes isn't as loud

• it has cracked

• It has turned black

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