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Lord of the Flies Ch. 1-6 Study Guide

Total questions: 38

Worksheet time: 20mins

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Class
Date
1.

What happened to the 6-year old boy with the mulberry colored birthmark?

a)

He drowns

b)

He is killed by the beast

c)

He goes missing when they build the fire

d)

He is rescued

2.

What did Ralph decide the boys would build along the beach?

a)

Rafts

b)

Weapons

c)

Huts

d)

Pig traps

3.

In the forest, what are "creepers"?

a)

Snakes

b)

Pigs

c)

Hunters

d)

Vines

4.

What does Jack insist that he and the other boys need?

a)

meat

b)

rafts

c)

bread

d)

smoke

5.

What does Roger do to Henry?

a)

pushes him into the water

b)

throws rocks at him without actually hitting him

c)

calls him a baby

d)

kicks him

6.

What does Ralph see on the horizon?

a)

a shark

b)

an airplane

c)

another island

d)

the smoke from a ship

7.

What comes down from the sky in Chapter 6?

a)

A crate of supplies dropped onto the island

b)

The beast

c)

A dead pilot with his parachute

d)

A hot air balloon

8.

What do the boys use to start the fire?

a)

flint and steel

b)

a lighter

c)

matches

d)

Piggy's glasses

9.

Ralph admiring Piggy's ability to think truly shows that...

a)

Ralph is evil at heart.

b)

Piggy has manipulated Ralph.

c)

Ralph is maturing.

d)

Ralph is a horrible leader.

10.

When Jack states (in chapter 2), "We've got to have rules and obey them. After all, we're not savages," it is an example of:

a)

imagery

b)

symbolism

c)

allegory

d)

irony

11.

At the start of the novel, Jack is embarrassed because...

a)

he can't kill the pig

b)

he can't make a shelter

c)

he peed his pants

d)

he wasn't voted chief

12.

The first symbol of island government was:

a)

the choir boys' caps

b)

fire

c)

the conch

d)

the knife

13.

What protected Henry from the rocks that Roger threw at him?

a)

trees that were in the way

b)

Roger's kindness

c)

Percival

d)

the conditioning of civilization

14.

Simon realizes that the beast, the thing they should truly be afraid of....

a)

lives on the mountain.

b)

is within each of them.

c)

is stalking them at night.

d)

is the Lord of the Flies.

15.

Why was Ralph made the leader?

a)

He had the conch.

b)

He was the strongest.

c)

He could sing a C sharp.

d)

He had the best ideas.

16.

When Jack kills his first pig, the celebration is sort of overshadowed by...

a)

his injury

b)

Simon tells him that he is a vegetarian and then talks about animal rights.

c)

the fire going out, which ruined a potential rescue

d)

Ralph gets mad at him because he wasn't asked to join the hunt.

17.

“He tried to convey the compulsion to track down and kill that was swallowing him up” is an example of:

a)

personification

b)

simile

c)

allusion

d)

onomatopoeia

18.

"'This would make a wizard fort.'

'We can roll rocks-'

'Right onto the bridge-'" is an example of what?

a)

alliteration

b)

simile

c)

metaphor

d)

personification

19.

_________ represents: a facade, guise, means of hiding oneself from self and from others

a)

long hair

b)

mask/facepaint

c)

glasses

d)

fire

20.

_______________ represents: authority, order, rules, the belief that everyone has the right to speak and be listened to

a)

conch

b)

glasses

c)

fire

d)

the island

21.

_________ represents: democratic leadership

a)

Jack

b)

Simon

c)

Piggy

d)

Ralph

22.

_________ represents: the ability to see and understand clearly; humankind's use of technology to improve life

a)

fire

b)

the conch

c)

Piggy's glasses

d)

flies

23.

Choir leader, "silly without ugliness", uses fear and manipulation to rule, leader of the hunters (choir boys)

a)

Samneric

b)

Jack

c)

Ralph

d)

Simon

24.

Numerous small children of the group who enjoy playing more than working. They often listen to Jack instead of Ralph because he seems to be more fun to them.

a)

Weeuns

b)

Littles

c)

Littluns

d)

Squirts

25.

Intelligent, not very active, bullied due to his weight and asthma. His specs are used to start the signal fire on top of the mountain.

a)

Piggy

b)

Porky

c)

Roger

d)

Percival

26.

Kind, sensitive, loner who is a part of the choir and faints at the beginning of Chapter 1. He has dark hair and sticks up for Piggy when Jack bullies him.

a)

Samneric

b)

Simon

c)

Ralph

d)

Roger

27.

What is the long "scar" on the island?

a)

the burnt trees left from the signal fire at the end of Chapter 2 that got out of control and burned down some of the forest

b)

the mark and path of trees on the island that was damaged by the plane crash

c)

the lagoon looks like a scar after the tide runs out after a storm

d)

the platform where the boys have their assemblies

28.

When Jack and Ralph cannot light the fire at the top of the mountain, they become embarrassed. Why? SELECT ALL THAT APPLY.

a)

It shows that they do not have the intelligence like Piggy to think before making a plan.

b)

It shows the boys to be naive thinking that they know everything. Remember they are just kids and so they make mistakes as leaders.

c)

It allows the audience or reader to see that Jack and Ralph do not plan well together, but rely sometimes on being impulsive.

d)

It shows that the boys lost their specs in the plane crash.

29.

As a sign that the children have been on the island a while, what clues in the story revealed those details? SELECT ALL THAT APPLY.

a)

The boys are dirtier - dirt under their nails, on their bodies, and covering their face

b)

Their hair is lighter from the sun bleaching it

c)

The hair on their head is longer

d)

Their clothes are torn and starting to become rough and uncomfortable

30.

Jack and Ralph start to argue - over what? SELECT ALL THAT APPLY.

a)

Ralph believes the signal fire is more important than the shelters that Jack is building.

b)

Ralph believes the shelter building is more important than hunting like Jack believes.

c)

Ralph believes the signal fire and the huts are more important than hunting, which Jack's choir is in charge of on the island.

31.

Which is an example of a simile?

a)

"The sun gazed down like an angry eye."

b)

"The lagoon was a still mountain lake."

c)

"He was a shrimp of a boy."

d)

"mulberry-colored birthmark."

32.

SELECT ALL THAT APPLY (2). An allusion is a reference to something well known. What 3 novels are referenced by the author William Golding. Hint: One famous novel even has the character's names Ralph and Jack.

a)

Coral Island

b)

Treasure Island

c)

Swallows and Amazons

d)

Hatchet

33.

Describe the Castle

a)

A military base that has been abandoned

b)

An ancient burial ground

c)

A rock formation forty feet above the water.

d)

A grouping of trees that resembles a fort.

34.

Ralph is __________ at the boys not following the rules, like using the bathroom close to where they pick fruit instead of by the rocks.

a)

appalled

b)

specious

c)

furtive

d)

immure

35.

Simon is _____________ when he sneaks off on his own without others noticing.

a)

immure

b)

tempestuous

c)

belligerent

d)

furtive

36.

Piggy speaks ____________ because he feels that he is not being treated fairly

a)

specious

b)

indignantly

c)

officious

d)

errant

37.

Jack can be described as ________ because he meddles in Piggy’s business and is rude about it.

a)

specious

b)

officious

c)

immure

d)

furtive

38.

________________: Abrupt changes and difficulties that the boys experience.

a)

vicissitudes

b)

enmity

c)

lamentation

d)

condemnation