Worksheets_Lord of the Flies_ Entire Novel Test
Total questions: 55
Worksheet time: 1hrs 3mins
Which character is described by the following quotation? "The hangman’s horror clung around him."
Roger
Piggy
Johnny
Ralph
Which character is described by the following quotation? "...a boy of perhaps six years, sturdy and fair, his clothes torn, his face covered with a sticky mess of fruit."
Roger
Piggy
Johnny
Ralph
Which character is described by the following quotation? "[His] arm was conditioned by a civilization that knew nothing of him and was in ruins."
Roger
Piggy
Johnny
Ralph
Which character is described by the following quotation? "The tears began to flow and sobs shook him....[he] wept for the end of innocence, the darkness of man’s heart, and the fall through the air of the true, wise, friend...."
Roger
Piggy
Johnny
Ralph
Which character is described by the following quotation? "But there was a stillness about [him] as he sat that marked him out: there was his size, and attractive appearance; and most obscurely, yet most powerfully, there was the conch."
Roger
Piggy
Jack
Ralph
Which character is described by the following quotation? "A thing was crawling out of the forest. It came darkly, uncertainly. The shrill screaming that rose before the beast was like a pain. The beast stumbled into the horseshoe."
Lord of the Flies
Ralph
Simon
Jack
Which character is described by the following quotation? "...for a minute became less a hunter than a furtive thing, apelike among the tangle of trees....He passed like a shadow under the darkness of the tree and crouched, looking down at the trodden ground at his feet."
Simon
Jack
Lord of the Flies
parachutist
Which character is described by the following quotation? "He sighed....Then, with the martyred expression of a parent who has to keep up with the senseless ebullience of the children, he picked up the conch, turned toward the forest, and began to pick his way over the tumbled scar."
Piggy
Ralph
Simon
Jack
Which character is described by the following quotation? "...something like a great ape was sitting asleep with its head between its knees....and the creature lifted its head, holding toward them the ruin of a face."
Roger
Simon
Lord of the Flies
parachutist
Which character is described by the following quotation? "The water rose farther and dressed [his] coarse hair with brightness. The line of his cheek silvered and the turn of his shoulders became sculptured marble. The strange attendant creatures, with their fiery eyes and trailing vapors, busied themselves round his head."
Piggy
Simon
Jack
Ralph
Where does the parachutist land?
Castle Rock
scar
mountaintop
enclosed bower
Where does Jack establish his fortress?
Castle Rock
scar
mountaintop
enclosed bower
Where does Simon sit alone and think?
scar
mountaintop
enclosed bower
massed thicket
Where does Ralph hide when being chased by Jack's tribe?
scar
mountaintop
enclosed bower
massed thicket
Where does the evacuation plane touch down?
Castle Rock
scar
mountaintop
enclosed bower
Which person (or object) is associated with intelligence and perceptivity?
Roger
Simon
Ralph
Piggy
Which person (or object) is associated with brute force?
Roger
Simon
Ralph
Piggy
Which person (or object) is associated with solitude, charity, and goodness?
Roger
Simon
Ralph
Piggy
Which person (or object) is associated with parliamentary order, democracy, the social contract?
knife
conch
fire
glasses
Which person (or object) is associated with common sense and responsibility?
Ralph
Simon
Piggy
conch
True or False: Jack and Ralph are the first two boys (characters) to appear on the island.
True
False
True or False: The littlun with the birthmark is never seen after the fire.
True
False
True or False: Simon feels the beast lives on top of the mountain.
True
False
True or False: Ralph eventually believes the tribe wants to destroy him.
True
False
True or False: Percival forgets his name and address as his background and upbringing slip away on the island.
True
False
True or False: Ralph tells Jack not to worry about getting the shelters built but to concentrate all his time and energy on learning to hunt.
True
False
True or False: When Maurice and Roger find three children—Henry, Johnny, and Percival—playing on the beach, they deliberately destroy the youngsters’ sandcastles.
True
False
True or False: Jack eventually apologizes for letting the fire go out.
True
False
True or False: Some of the boys see the figure drifting down from the sky in the parachute.
True
False
True or False: The huts represent the joint efforts (working together) of all the boys.
True
False
True or False: The "sign from the grownups" shows that grownups are as savage as the boys on the island.
True
False
True or False: The Lord of the Flies tells Simon that the beast cannot be killed.
True
False
True or False: Piggy predicts that Ralph will get back to civilization safely.
True
False
True or False: Ralph tells the men from the rescue ship about the two murders on the island.
True
False
Ralph is elected chief mainly because he possesses . . .
the conch.
Piggy's support.
knowledge of the island's terrain.
Jack is the only one who . . .
wears a black cloak.
is cruel to Piggy.
owns a knife.
Jack’s triumph in capturing his first kill is marred by his . . .
regret that Ralph did not accompany them.
letting the signal fire go out.
being wounded by the animal.
The "beast on the mountaintop" is actually a . . .
"snake thing."
pig's head.
dead parachutist.
Jack becomes leader of his tribe by . . .
an open election with the choir backing him.
forcing the boys to join him.
leaving Ralphs group and inviting the others to join him.
Moving the fire from the mountaintop to the beach is suggested by . . .
Ralph.
Simon.
Piggy.
The Lord of the Flies is actually . . .
a pig's head.
a dead parachutist.
Ralph.
The only one to climb the mountain in daylight and confront the beast is . . .
Jack.
Samneric.
Simon.
In the darkness when the boys think they are killing the beast, they actually kill . . .
Simon.
Piggy.
Robert.
During the raid, Piggy runs to protect the . . .
littluns.
conch.
fire.
Wilfred is tied up and beaten because . . .
Jack orders it.
he falls asleep on guard duty.
he let the fire go out.
Piggy insists on visiting Jack’s tribe to . . .
start a signal fire on the mountaintop.
convince them to rejoin Ralph's tribe.
get his glasses back.
Ironically, Ralph’s life is saved by . . .
the help of boys who had previously betrayed him.
smoke intended to force him out.
Roger's conscience.
When the officer asks who is chief on the island . . .
Jack says he is.
Ralph says he is.
the boys remain silent.
In Lord of the Flies, the author shows that the evil in society results from . . .
the evil in all individuals.
corrupt and evil leaders.
group action, which destroys individual goodness.
Simon is killed because . . .
he is too innocent and refuses to take part in Jack’s savagery.
he disobeys orders and investigates the beast of evil.
the boys have progressed so far into a savage world that they can no longer recognize reality.
In chapter 1, why was Jack unable to kill the pig?
What sets Simon apart from the rest of the children?
Why do you think William Golding describes the killing of the sow with such great detail? Explain.
Explain why the boys killed Simon and what it reveals about human nature.
What is ironic about the end of the novel?
