LOTF ch 9-12

True or False: SImon is healthy and cheerful as he climbs the mountaintop at the start of ch 9

• True

• False

Answer explanation

After his episode with the Pig's head, he is bloody and weak, walking like an old man.

What does Simon discover about the beast?

• It's planning to attack the boys

• It's the pigs head come to life

• It's the dead parachutist

Answer explanation

Simon finds that the beast is "harmless and horrible" - harmless because it's a dead body, and horrible because...it's a dead body.

What is a word that best describes Jack's leadership style?

Answer explanation

Jack tells Ralph "they do what I want."

What animalistic trait does the author give the boys as they are killing Simon?

• Beaks

• Talons

• Fur

• Claws

What happens to the bodies of the parachutist and Simon as ch 9 ends?

• They are devoured by the beast

• They are swept into the ocean

• They are left out to rot in the sun.

• They are hit by rocks.

Answer explanation

Important -- SImon and the parachutist were both thought to be the beast, and them leaving the island emphasizes that the beast that remains is the one inside the boys' hearts.

True or False: Piggy refuses to accept that he contributed to Simon's death.

• True

• False

Answer explanation

It's a completely illogical, horrifying action which goes against everything that Piggy represents and values.

What makes the boys say that Jack “is a proper chief” on p 159?

• The boulder and lever weapon

• torturing Sam and Eric

• A new barbecue smoker

Answer explanation

They show the weapon in ch 10 that will kill Piggy in ch 11 - foreshadowing!

What do Jack and Roger steal from Ralph and Piggy at the end of ch 10?

• The conch

• Money

• Food

• Piggy's specs

Why does Piggy insist upon taking the conch when they confront Jack in ch 11?

• To force Jack into doing what he wants.

• To remind Jack what his leadership lacks

• As a bargaining chip to save his own life

• To trade for some pig meat

Answer explanation

The conch represents just power and authority -the type that is fair and balanced.

One side in masks and the other with clean hair and clothes is meant to be symbolic.

• True

• False

Answer explanation

One side stands for savagery, the other for order and rules.