WorksheetsLord of the Flies - Chapters 9-12
Total questions: 40
Worksheet time: 22mins
Which of the following is the BEST reason why all almost all of the boys decide to join Jack's tribe?
He has the safer campsite at Castle Rock.
He has less rules to follow than when Ralph was chief.
Because he is always cooking meat, he is more likely to have a fire going.
He gives them food and his hunters will protect them from the beast.
Which of the following descriptions BEST makes it clear that Jack is the chief of his new tribe?
...a great log had been dragged into the center of the lawn and Jack, painted and garlanded, sat there like an idol.
Jack stood up and waved his spear. "Take them some meat."
Jack spoke again impatiently. "Has everybody eaten as much as they want?"
Jack rose from the log that was his throne and sauntered to the edge of the grass.
"At once the crowd surged after it, poured down the rock, leapt on to the beast, screamed, struck, bit, tore. There were no words...but the tearing of teeth and claws." The author's powerful word choice here is used to
Contrast the behavior of Simon with the behavior of the larger group.
Prove that only Simon knows the truth about the parachutist.
Emphasize the animalistic behavior of the boys.
Show that the boys do not know that it is Simon.
Which of the following BEST foreshadowed Simon's death?
"Maybe there is a beast...maybe it's only us."
"You'll get back to where you came from." Simon nodded as he spoke.
Then he [Simon] took the lines in his hands; he freed them from the rocks and the figure from the winds indignity.
"So don't try it on, my poor misguided boy, or else...we shall do you? See? Jack and Roger and Maurice and Robert and Bill and Piggy and Ralph."
As Ralph, Piggy, Sam and Eric discuss the "dance" from the night before, which of the following BEST supports that the boys are lying to each other when they say they left early?
The twins were very surprised to see Ralph. They flushed and looked past him into the air.
"We just been in the forest--to get wood for the fire--we got lost last night."
Ralph examined his toes. "You got lost after the...". Piggy cleaned his lens.
Sam touched a scratch on his forehead and then hurriedly took his hand away. Eric fingered his split lip.
Which of the following does Jack steal from Ralph's group in the middle of the night?
the conch
Piggy's specs
a log off the fire
all of the above
As Ralph and Piggy try to convince the savages that they have to give the specs back and that the fire is the most important thing, the text says, "High overhead, Roger with a sense of delirious abandonment, leaned all his weight on the lever." What does this quote mean?
Roger comes down from the lookout of Castle Rock.
Roger loses all civility.
Roger is going to abandon Jack's tribe.
Roger is going to take the conch.
Which of the following BEST foreshadows Piggy's death?
"He's not Fatty, " cried Ralph, "his real name's Piggy!"
"-but I know there isn't no fear, either...Unless we get frightened of people."
"If Jack was chief we'd have all hunting and no fire. We'd be here till we died"
Someone was throwing stones: Roger was dropping them, his one hand still on the lever. Below him Ralph was a shock of hair and Piggy a bag of fat.
In chapter 12, what important symbol does Ralph stumble upon in the jungle?
The conch
The Lord of the Flies
The Beast
Piggy's specs
Ralph asks Samneric, "But what are you going to do when you catch me?" From the towering rock came the incomprehensible reply. "Roger sharpened a stick at both ends." What is the BEST conclusion that can be drawn from this excerpt?
Jack will continue to exclude Ralph from the group.
Jack will tie up and torture Ralph with a sharp stick.
Jack will leave Ralph in the forest for the beast to find.
Jack will do to Ralph what he did to the sow.
Which of the following was NOT one of Ralph's options for escape?
following the pig run
breaking the line of savages
climbing a tree
hiding and letting them pass
Ironically, Ralph's life is saved by
help from Samneric, who had originally betrayed him.
the smoke originally intended to lead him to his death.
Jack's inability to actually capture him.
all of the above
At the end, while standing on the beach the Naval Officer says, "We saw your smoke. What have you been doing? Having a war or something?" What is ironic about the officer's understanding of the situation?
The naval officer does not know that there are other boys on the island.
The naval officer is Ralph's dad.
The naval officer does not know know that Ralph was about to be killed.
The naval officer thinks the boys are natives on the island.
"Ralph wept for the end of innocence, the darkness of man's heart, and the fall through the air of the true, wise friend called Piggy." Which theme is BEST supported by this quote?
Organizing and building a new society can be a struggle.
Without rules and order, people can revert to savage and uncivilized behavior.
The evil actions of a group can destroy the innocence of an individual.
Peer pressure affects how children see the world.
Which of these is NOT a way Jack's tribe tries to first flush Ralph out of the thicket
Heaving rocks off the top
Smoking him out
Sending a savage in (who Ralph stabs)
In Ralph's initial view of the officer, what was NOT included in the description?
His cap
The buttons on the coat
The shoulder decorations
His glasses
Which of the following does NOT foreshadow Simon's death in Chapter 9?
An approaching storm
The flies prospering
Roger throwing stones
The evening came with a "threat of violence"
Chapter 9: What symbolic moment happens right after Jack says "the conch doesn't count at this end of the island"?
Jack punches Ralph
Piggy screams
Lightning strikes
The wind blows
Who accepts that Simon's death was murder in Chapter 10?
Sam
Eric
Piggy
Ralph
Chapter 10: Why is Wilfred tied up?
No reason is given
He tried to give meat to Samneric
He still calls Ralph "Chief"
He refuses to hunt
Chapter 10: What does Piggy think Jack's tribe raided them for?
The conch
His glasses
The fire
Samneric
Ch. 12: Who forgets his name?
Percival
Henry
Roger
Maurice
Jack throws a sharp spear diretly at him
Jack pushes Piggy directly off of the cliff to the sea below
Symbolism - What does the following represent: Signal Fire (Ralph's Fire)
Government and Authority
Hope for rescue and the return to civilization
Savagery
Society
Symbolism - What does the following represent: The Pig Hunts and face paint
Increasing Levels of Savagery
The Evil Within all Humans
Society
Intelligence and Rational Thinking
Symbolism - What does the following represent: The Beast
Increasing Levels of Savagery
The Evil Within all People
Society
Civilization
Symbolism - What does the following represent: Piggy's Glasses
Intelligence and Rational Thinking
Society
Civilization
England/ The World
What explanation does Piggy give for what happened?
It was an accident.
Simon made everyone mad.
He shouldn't have been an outsider.
People are less likely to help in groups than if they were alone
Bystander Effect
Groupthink
Social Loafing
Group Polarization
Which of these is NOT a characteristic of a tyrant?
Uses “truth control” to rule his subjects
Could easily be overthrown but isn’t because of subject loyalty (usually caused by fear)
Does not need any form of previous authoirty or knowledge of how to rule others
They are possessed with an unwavering belief that they know better than everyone else
Which of these is NOT true of Jack as a tyrant?
He actively turns against Ralph and disbands the boys to form his own separate tribe
He ramped up pig hunts as a way to make hjis group feel more like an army
He issued beatings and other punishments in an eforrt to keep them afraid
He called all the boys into his group and gave them opportunities to speak their minds
Conformity is:
This the action of intentionally trying to make people afraid of something when this is not necessary or reasonable
Any change in an individual’s thoughts, feelings, or behaviors caused by other people, who may be actually present or whose presence is or only implied
people imitate others when they are in unclear situations and don't know what to do; Also not standing out from the crowd and accepting some "norms"
a large and disorderly crowd of people, especially one bent on riotous or destructive action because of being surrounded by others
Mob Mentality is:
This the action of intentionally trying to make people afraid of something when this is not necessary or reasonable
Any change in an individual’s thoughts, feelings, or behaviors caused by other people, who may be actually present or whose presence is or only implied
people imitate others when they are in unclear situations and don't know what to do; Also not standing out from the crowd and accepting some "norms"
a large and disorderly crowd of people, especially one bent on riotous or destructive action because of being surrounded by others
