Lord of the Flies Final Review

The masks that the boys paint onto their faces symbolize all of the following except

• the savagery of the boys.

• the disguise that shows that they have become "someone else" with different values and behavior norms.

• a way to hide from one's conscience.

• the natural goodness of man.

How does the author show us that Ralph begins to face the reality of the situation about halfway through the book?

• Ralph tells the others that they will never be rescued.

• Ralph begins having nightmares and crying out in his sleep.

• Ralph increases his efforts to have the boys build a canoe.

• Ralph becomes distressed at his filthy clothes and dirty long hair.

represents savagery and anarchy

• Simon

• Ralph

• Jack

• Piggy

represents goodness, considered Christ-like

• Simon

• Piggy

• Jack

• Roger

The island itself, the lagoon, ocean, and the time period , the 1940s, could be described as the ____________ of the story.

• symbol

• theme

• setting

• hyperbole

represents dignity, civility, and order

• the beast

• face paint

• the hunters' dance

• the conch

represents the demon within, conscience, division among the boys, and evil

• the conch

• the beast

• Piggy's glasses

• the fire

represents savagery, fun, and irrationality among the boys

• the beast

• the hunters' dance

• Piggy's glasses

• the fire

The scene in the book when Roger and Maurice ruin the littluns' sand castles and throw stones at them without hitting them is an example of

• setting.

• symbolism.

• theme.

• foreshadowing.

When Piggy is killed and the conch shell is destroyed, what inferences can you make about what will happen to the rest of the children?

• A boat will come to rescue them soon.

• The groups will split further into different factions.

• Piggy will be reborn.

• The Royal Air Force will land a plane on the island.