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Lord of the Flies Ch. 8

Total questions: 15

Worksheet time: 8mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Who blows the conch to call an assembly after the boys come back down the mountain after seeing the beast?

a)

Ralph

b)

Jack

c)

Piggy

d)

SImon

2.

Ralph says that Jack and his hunters are cowards that actually run away from boar and beast. Ralph says he is the only one who approached the beast on the mountain, and that he is like Piggy making him a better chief.

a)

TRUE

b)

FALSE

3.

Unyielding in severity or strictness; steady and persistent

a)

relentless

b)

inarticulate

c)

improvise

d)

jeer

4.

Who says, “I’m not going to play any longer. Not with you,” and leaves?

a)

Ralph

b)

Jack

c)

Piggy

d)

Simon

5.

What does Simon get up and say to the assembly?

a)

He was wrong; there is a beast.

b)

He was the beast they saw on the mountain.

c)

He reminds them that the only beast is themselves.

d)

He suggests they climb up the mountain and have another look.

6.

What does Piggy get up and suggest to the assembly?

a)

That they should vote Jack out of the group.

b)

That Simon is right.

c)

They should simply start a new fire on the beach.

d)

That science proves there cannot be a beast.

7.

To speak or shout derisively; to mock; to abuse vocally; to taunt

a)

relentless

b)

inarticulate

c)

Improvise

d)

jeer

8.

What does Piggy quietly help Ralph to realize has happened?

a)

Simon went to the mountain alone.

b)

It is almost sunrise.

c)

Most of the boys have left to follow and join Jack.

d)

Nothing. For once Piggy has nothing to say.

9.

Jack does leave and start his own tribe. 

What does Jack first declare to his tribe they are going to “do about the beast”?

a)

Kill the Beast!

b)

Lead it to Ralph to attack

c)

Forget about it - don't bother it, it won't bother us

d)

Build a fire to scare it off and keep it away

10.

What is done with the pig's head?

a)

It is used as a ball to play sports.

b)

It replaces the conch shell - hold it to talk

c)

Jack's tribe carries it around as their symbol

d)

They leave it on a stick as a sacrifice for the Beast

11.

Incomprehensible as speech or language; unable to speak with clarity or eloquence

a)

relentless

b)

inarticulate

c)

improvise

d)

jeer

12.

How does the title of the novel come up in chapter 8?

a)

Jack's new name he gives himself as chief.

b)

The name given to the Beast

c)

The pig's head that Simon talks to.

d)

Piggy's new nick name for being lazy

13.

Jack realizes his tribe has a problem after they kill a pig, which is...

a)

No fire to cook it

b)

No conch to call others to eat

c)

They lost Jack's knife in the hunt

d)

They worry the Beast will come to eat some

14.

What does Jack do at the end of the chapter?

a)

Steal Fire

b)

Invite them to join his tribe

c)

Invite them to eat some pig meat

d)

All of the above

15.

To do something on the spur of the moment, offhand, without preparation

a)

relentless

b)

inarticulate

c)

improvise

d)

jeer