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LOTF Chapter 3

Total questions: 15

Worksheet time: 30mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

What is the name of the chapter?

a)

Fire on the mountain

b)

Huts on the beach

c)

The hunters

d)

Huts by the lagoon

2.
What is Jack doing at the start of the chapter?
a)
arguing with Ralph
b)
killing a pig
c)
bullying Piggy
d)
hunting a pig
3.
Who has been building shelters?
a)
Simon and Ralph
b)
Ralph and Jack
c)
Simon, Ralph and Piggy
d)
Ralph
4.

How many shelters have they managed to build?

a)

2

b)

4

c)

1

d)

3

5.
What term do the leaders use for the younger boys?
a)
littluns
b)
little ones
c)
littlies
d)
kiddies
6.
What two things do Jack and Ralph argue about?
a)
the hunting and the shelters
b)
the conch and the shelters
c)
the shelters and the fire
d)
the fire and the conch
7.
What does Jack think will improve the effectiveness of his spear?
a)
war paint
b)
a knife
c)
a sharp shell
d)
a barb
8.
What two labels do they give to the imaginary monster?
a)
beast and creature
b)
snake-thing & beastie
c)
beastie & ogre
d)
serpent and beast
9.
Where does Simon go at the end of the chapter?
a)
Up the mountain
b)
Hunting in the pig run
c)
Into to the jungle - inside the creeper mat
d)
Inside the shelter
10.

In the opening paragraphs of the chapter, the author illustrates the changes in Jack's physical appearance. What do these changes symbolize?

a)

The passage of time on the island.

b)

Jack is falling apart and can no longer function as part of the team of hunters.

c)

The boys become more wild and unruly, like the island itself, losing their civilized and polite nature in an effort to thrive .

d)

The island is a dirty and dangerous place, so only dirty and dangerous boys will survive

11.

Earlier in the novel, Golding alludes to _______________ when Piggy worries that an atom bomb has destroyed England.

a)

the Civil War

b)

the Vietnam War

c)

World War II

d)

the plane crash

12.

Read this sentence from the text:

"He tried to convey the compulsion to track down and kill that was swallowing him up."

Which word or phrase would BEST replace compulsion in the sentence?

a)

need

b)

intense urge

c)

slight push

d)

moderate desire

13.

"They walked along, two continents of experience and feeling, unable to communicate."

Which literary device does the author use to describe the relationship between Jack and Ralph?

a)

idiom

b)

personification

c)

allusion

d)

metaphor

14.

"He looked over his shoulder...to confirm that he was utterly alone. For a moment, his movements were almost furtive."


In this sentence, the word furtive means

a)

invisible

b)

clumsy

c)

spastic

d)

secretive

15.

The pigs represent, or symbolize, ___________.

a)

civilization

b)

power

c)

hard work

d)

meat