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Lord of the Flies ch. 4-8

Total questions: 15

Worksheet time: 15mins

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1.

In chapter 4, what does Jack's face paint symbolize?

a)

transformation

b)

hope

c)

power

d)

social contract

2.

What does the fire symoblize in chapter 4?

a)

hope (rescue)

b)

savagery

c)

transformation

d)

evil

3.

How do Piggy's specs get broken?

a)

Jack hits him in the head

b)

Ralph hits him in the head

c)

he sits on them

d)

he is attacked by the beast

4.

What did Jack finally accomplish in chapter 4?

a)

killing a pig

b)

signalling a ship

c)

becoming chief

d)

climbing Castle Rock

5.

What happens while Jack is hunting the pig? (select ALL that apply)

a)

a ship passes the island

b)

the fire goes out

c)

the beast attacks the littluns

d)

a parachutist lands on the island

6.

Jack says he should be chief because... (select ALL that apply)

a)

he can provide them meat

b)

he can protect them from the beast

c)

he has the conch

d)

he is the smartest

7.

What lands on the island at the beginning of chapter 6?

a)

a dead parachutist

b)

a plane

c)

a pterodactyl

d)

a bomb

8.

Why does the parachutist keep getting mistaken for the beast?

a)

the wind pulls his parachute, causing him to move

b)

the power of the island turns him into a zombie

c)

his face was eaten off by animals

d)

he keeps howling in pain all through the night

9.

Where does Jack think they should establish a fort?

a)

Castle Rock

b)

the mountain

c)

the beach

d)

Simon's hideaway

10.

What does Jack do with the pig they kill in chapter 8? (select ALL that apply)

a)

have a feast

b)

leave the head as an offering to the beast

c)

use its skin for clothes

d)

use its bones for weapons

11.

Who hallucinates that the pig's head is talking to him?

a)

Simon

b)

Jack

c)

Ralph

d)

Roger

12.

Define allusion.

a)

a deliberate reference to something outside the text

b)

an object that has a deeper meaning in the story

c)

a comparison between two unlike things

d)

giving human qualities to nonhuman things

13.

What is the "Lord of the Flies" an allusion to?

a)

Beelzebub, a.k.a. the Devil

b)

a swarm of insects

c)

a monster in Shakespeare's Macbeth

d)

a pig's head on a stick

14.

How is the devil a metaphor in the novel?

a)

it represents how the id tempts the boys to do evil

b)

it represents the suffering of the boys on the island

c)

it represents how sunburn has turned the boys' skin red

d)

it represents how all hope of rescue has been lost

15.

What is the Lord of the Flies a symbol for?

a)

the evil within the children

b)

the power of the social contract

c)

the hope of being rescued

d)

the gradual transformation of the boys