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WorksheetsLord of the Flies ch. 4-8
Total questions: 15
Worksheet time: 15mins
In chapter 4, what does Jack's face paint symbolize?
transformation
hope
power
social contract
What does the fire symoblize in chapter 4?
hope (rescue)
savagery
transformation
evil
How do Piggy's specs get broken?
Jack hits him in the head
Ralph hits him in the head
he sits on them
he is attacked by the beast
What did Jack finally accomplish in chapter 4?
killing a pig
signalling a ship
becoming chief
climbing Castle Rock
What happens while Jack is hunting the pig? (select ALL that apply)
a ship passes the island
the fire goes out
the beast attacks the littluns
a parachutist lands on the island
Jack says he should be chief because... (select ALL that apply)
he can provide them meat
he can protect them from the beast
he has the conch
he is the smartest
What lands on the island at the beginning of chapter 6?
a dead parachutist
a plane
a pterodactyl
a bomb
Why does the parachutist keep getting mistaken for the beast?
the wind pulls his parachute, causing him to move
the power of the island turns him into a zombie
his face was eaten off by animals
he keeps howling in pain all through the night
Where does Jack think they should establish a fort?
Castle Rock
the mountain
the beach
Simon's hideaway
What does Jack do with the pig they kill in chapter 8? (select ALL that apply)
have a feast
leave the head as an offering to the beast
use its skin for clothes
use its bones for weapons
Who hallucinates that the pig's head is talking to him?
Simon
Jack
Ralph
Roger
Define allusion.
a deliberate reference to something outside the text
an object that has a deeper meaning in the story
a comparison between two unlike things
giving human qualities to nonhuman things
What is the "Lord of the Flies" an allusion to?
Beelzebub, a.k.a. the Devil
a swarm of insects
a monster in Shakespeare's Macbeth
a pig's head on a stick
How is the devil a metaphor in the novel?
it represents how the id tempts the boys to do evil
it represents the suffering of the boys on the island
it represents how sunburn has turned the boys' skin red
it represents how all hope of rescue has been lost
What is the Lord of the Flies a symbol for?
the evil within the children
the power of the social contract
the hope of being rescued
the gradual transformation of the boys
