WorksheetsLord of the Flies Ch. 1-6 Study Guide
Total questions: 38
Worksheet time: 20mins
What happened to the 6-year old boy with the mulberry colored birthmark?
He drowns
He is killed by the beast
He goes missing when they build the fire
He is rescued
What did Ralph decide the boys would build along the beach?
Rafts
Weapons
Huts
Pig traps
In the forest, what are "creepers"?
Snakes
Pigs
Hunters
Vines
What does Jack insist that he and the other boys need?
meat
rafts
bread
smoke
What does Roger do to Henry?
pushes him into the water
throws rocks at him without actually hitting him
calls him a baby
kicks him
What does Ralph see on the horizon?
a shark
an airplane
another island
the smoke from a ship
What comes down from the sky in Chapter 6?
A crate of supplies dropped onto the island
The beast
A dead pilot with his parachute
A hot air balloon
What do the boys use to start the fire?
flint and steel
a lighter
matches
Piggy's glasses
Ralph admiring Piggy's ability to think truly shows that...
Ralph is evil at heart.
Piggy has manipulated Ralph.
Ralph is maturing.
Ralph is a horrible leader.
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:
imagery
symbolism
allegory
irony
At the start of the novel, Jack is embarrassed because...
he can't kill the pig
he can't make a shelter
he peed his pants
he wasn't voted chief
The first symbol of island government was:
the choir boys' caps
fire
the conch
the knife
What protected Henry from the rocks that Roger threw at him?
trees that were in the way
Roger's kindness
Percival
the conditioning of civilization
Simon realizes that the beast, the thing they should truly be afraid of....
lives on the mountain.
is within each of them.
is stalking them at night.
is the Lord of the Flies.
Why was Ralph made the leader?
He had the conch.
He was the strongest.
He could sing a C sharp.
He had the best ideas.
When Jack kills his first pig, the celebration is sort of overshadowed by...
his injury
Simon tells him that he is a vegetarian and then talks about animal rights.
the fire going out, which ruined a potential rescue
Ralph gets mad at him because he wasn't asked to join the hunt.
“He tried to convey the compulsion to track down and kill that was swallowing him up” is an example of:
personification
simile
allusion
onomatopoeia
"'This would make a wizard fort.'
'We can roll rocks-'
'Right onto the bridge-'" is an example of what?
alliteration
simile
metaphor
personification
_________ represents: a facade, guise, means of hiding oneself from self and from others
long hair
mask/facepaint
glasses
fire
_______________ represents: authority, order, rules, the belief that everyone has the right to speak and be listened to
conch
glasses
fire
the island
_________ represents: democratic leadership
Jack
Simon
Piggy
Ralph
_________ represents: the ability to see and understand clearly; humankind's use of technology to improve life
fire
the conch
Piggy's glasses
flies
Choir leader, "silly without ugliness", uses fear and manipulation to rule, leader of the hunters (choir boys)
Samneric
Jack
Ralph
Simon
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.
Weeuns
Littles
Littluns
Squirts
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.
Piggy
Porky
Roger
Percival
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.
Samneric
Simon
Ralph
Roger
What is the long "scar" on the island?
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
the mark and path of trees on the island that was damaged by the plane crash
the lagoon looks like a scar after the tide runs out after a storm
the platform where the boys have their assemblies
When Jack and Ralph cannot light the fire at the top of the mountain, they become embarrassed. Why? SELECT ALL THAT APPLY.
It shows that they do not have the intelligence like Piggy to think before making a plan.
It shows the boys to be naive thinking that they know everything. Remember they are just kids and so they make mistakes as leaders.
It allows the audience or reader to see that Jack and Ralph do not plan well together, but rely sometimes on being impulsive.
It shows that the boys lost their specs in the plane crash.
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.
The boys are dirtier - dirt under their nails, on their bodies, and covering their face
Their hair is lighter from the sun bleaching it
The hair on their head is longer
Their clothes are torn and starting to become rough and uncomfortable
Jack and Ralph start to argue - over what? SELECT ALL THAT APPLY.
Ralph believes the signal fire is more important than the shelters that Jack is building.
Ralph believes the shelter building is more important than hunting like Jack believes.
Ralph believes the signal fire and the huts are more important than hunting, which Jack's choir is in charge of on the island.
Which is an example of a simile?
"The sun gazed down like an angry eye."
"The lagoon was a still mountain lake."
"He was a shrimp of a boy."
"mulberry-colored birthmark."
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.
Coral Island
Treasure Island
Swallows and Amazons
Hatchet
Describe the Castle
A military base that has been abandoned
An ancient burial ground
A rock formation forty feet above the water.
A grouping of trees that resembles a fort.
Ralph is __________ at the boys not following the rules, like using the bathroom close to where they pick fruit instead of by the rocks.
appalled
specious
furtive
immure
Simon is _____________ when he sneaks off on his own without others noticing.
immure
tempestuous
belligerent
furtive
Piggy speaks ____________ because he feels that he is not being treated fairly
specious
indignantly
officious
errant
Jack can be described as ________ because he meddles in Piggy’s business and is rude about it.
specious
officious
immure
furtive
________________: Abrupt changes and difficulties that the boys experience.
vicissitudes
enmity
lamentation
condemnation
