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WorksheetsThe Lord Of the Flies - Final Test
Total questions: 42
Worksheet time: 25mins
At the beginning, who seems most concerned about the group of boy being stranded on an island with no form of authority present?
Ralph
Jack
Piggy
Simon
How is the conch shell first used?
To bring people together
To serve as a toy for the boys
To show who is king
To provide musical entertainment
Jack first shows his leadership style by...
Grabbing the conch from Piggy
Bossing the choir boys around
Trying to fight with Ralph
Letting Ralph do all the work
THe reason Ralph is elected chief are...
He was the most intelligent and organized
He was the bossiest and most intimidating
He was still, attractive, and had the conch
He was confident and arrogrant
The way in which they select a leader best demonstrates which type of government?
Democracy
Dictatorship
Monarch
Aristocracy
Which form of evidence best shows the government style on the island when they are first setting up the rules?
"We can't have everyone talking at once...I'll give the conch to the nest person to speak. He can hold it while he's speaking"
"We'll have rules! [Jack] cried excitedly. "Lots of rules! Then when anyone breaks 'em--" "Wacco!"
"He snatched his knife out of the sheath and slammed it into a tree trunk. Next time there would be no mercy"
"This is our island. This is a good island. Until the grownups come to fetch us, we'll have fun"
What contradicts Ralph's insisting that "this is a good island!"?
Reports of murders
Reports of snake-like beastie
Reports of people stealing
Reports of air attacks
Ralph's main goal is to ensure...
That everyone has a job to do on the island
That everyone gets along
That everyone has fun and gets rescued
That everyone survives the monster
Both Ralph and Jack are embarrassed because....
They can't kill a pig
They can't start a fire
They can't find the monster
They can't remember everyone's name
The embarrassment is important to the story line because....
It shows that unlike Ralph once thought, these two leasers need Piggy's intelligence and logic
It shows that unlike Simon demonstrates, these two leaders can't admit when they are wrong
It shows that unlike Ralph is able to do, Jack can't admit when he is wrong
It shows that unlike Jack, Ralph needs Piggy's help
Piggy's leadership traits include:
Being good at getting people to listen
Being good at making people follow the rules
Being good at thinking things through
Being good at organizing the group
At the end of chapter two “Fire on the Mountain,” you can infer that...
The little’un with the birthmark didn’t escape the fire
The fire will take over the entire island
Jack wanted the fire to get out of control on purpose
It’s Piggy’s fault a little’un is missing
Jack was bent double. He was down like a sprinter, his nose only a few inches from the humid earth. The tree trunks and
the creepers that festooned them lost themselves in a green dusk thirty feet above him, and all about was the
undergrowth...Then dog-like, uncomfortably on all fours yet unheeding his discomfort, he stole forward five yards and
stopped...
Jack crouched with his face a few inches away from this clue, then stared forward into the semi-darkness of the
undergrowth. His sandy hair, considerably longer than it had been when they dropped in, was lighter now; and his bare
back was a mass of dark freckles and peeling sunburn. A sharpened stick about five feet long trailed from his right hand,
and except for a pair of tattered shorts held up by his knife-belt he was naked. He closed his eyes, raised his head and
breathed in gently with flared nostrils, assessing the current of warm air for information...
The author uses the key descriptions in this passage to portray Jack as...
A sprinter who is fast enough to catch a pig with his bare hands
A rebel who has let his hair grow out to show nonconformity
An animal who is on the hunt for prey
An innocent boy who needs food and shelter from sun burn
What has Ralph been doing while Jack is hunting in the woods?
Taking it easy and swimming in the lagoon
Bossing the little’uns around
Building huts with not much help from anyone else
Helping Jack call in the pigs
The boys need the shelters because...
They need protection from the rain, shade from the sun, and a sense of security
They need protection from the beastie, the high winds, and the cold nights
They need protection from the torrential rains, high winds, and hurricane like conditions
They need protection from the rain, a place to store pig meat, and a clean place to sleep
Which would be the best management skill that Ralph could have employed to get the huts built?
Putting fear in the little’uns by telling them the beastie would get them if they didn’t help
Punishing the hunters by taking away their spears until the huts are built
Putting together a plan for each boy and giving detailed instructions on how to build a hut
Punishing the boys by not letting anyone use the huts unless they helped to build the huts
What makes Ralph doubt his belief that “this is a good island”?
No one wants to be rescued
No one is helping each other
The little’uns are afraid
The little’uns aren’t being taken care of
If you wanted to prove that Jack’s hunters still have remnants of civility left in the early part of the novel, which
evidence would be the strongest support for this claim?
“Roger and Maurice came out of the forest. Roger led the way through the castles, kicking them over”
“Maurice followed, laughing, and added to the destruction”
“In his other life Maurice had received chastisement for filling a younger eye with sand”
“Now, though there was no parent to let fall a heavy hand, Maurice still felt the unease of wrongdoing”
What mean thing does Roger do to a little’un sitting in the sand?
Kicks sand in his face
Kicks him while he kicks over the sandcastles
Throws rocks at his face
Throws rocks around where he is sitting
The scene with Roger and the little’un on the beach serves as...
Symbolism for how savage the boys have become
Foreshadowing for future events later in the novel
Flashback to how he was treated as a child
Metaphors for comparing who the little’uns represent and what the beach represents
The moment Jack sees the reflection of his painted face he...
Sees an awesome stranger who is nothing like himself
Sees an awesome stranger who sets out to scare little children
Sees an awesome stranger who knows he is a coward deep inside
Sees an awesome stranger who becomes an uninhibited version of himself
It becomes obvious that Jack and his hunters care more about hunting pigs than getting rescued when...
They let the fire burn too hot while roasting a pig so that there wasn’t any smoke.
They go off hunting and let the fire go out while a ship passes by
They catch the whole mountain on fire because of their recklessness
They go off hunting and let the fire go out so that it will be dark enough to scare the little’uns
For Jack’s tribe, the need for meat becomes secondary to the...
Need for security
Lust to kill
Need for a fort
Lust for bacon
If you wanted to prove that Ralph represents the desire to be pure and civilized, which form of evidence would
be the strongest support for this claim?
“He was overcome with astonishment. He found himself understanding the wearisomeness of this life,
where every path was an improvisation and a considerable part of one’s waking life was spent watching
one’s feet”
“He stopped, facing the strip; and remembering that first enthusiastic exploration as though it were a part of
a brighter childhood, he smiled jeeringly”
“He lost himself in a maze of thoughts that were rendered vague by his lack of words to express them”
“He noticed—in this new mood of comprehension—how the folds were stiff like card-board, and
unpleasant; noticed too how the frayed edges of his shorts were making an uncomfortable, pink area on the
front of his thighs. With convulsion of the mind, Ralph discovered dirt and decay, understood how much he
disliked [it]”
Once Ralph begins to reflect on how chaotic the island is getting, what realization makes him readjust his
values?
That maybe he isn’t as qualified to be chief as he once thought because he can’t think like Piggy can.
That maybe he isn’t as qualified to be chief as he once thought because he can’t hunt like Jack can.
That maybe he isn’t as qualified to be chief as he once thought because he can’t keep peace like Simon can.
That maybe he isn’t as qualified to be chief as he once thought because he can’t give orders like Jack can.
Cause and effect: The effect is the coconut shells of water are empty. What is the cause?
The stream is running dry
The boys use the rocks along the bathing pool as a lavatory, so the water is dirty
The boys quit following the procedure and just drink straight from the river
The beastie has been seen near the water, so no one wants to fill up the shells
Piggy uses ___________ to explain why there isn’t a need to worry about a beast on the island.
Fear: “Serves you right if something did get you, you useless lot of cry-babies!”
Persistence: “But there is no animal!”
Logic: “It’s scientific, that’s what it is. I know there isn’t no beast—not with claws and all that...”
Insight: “Maybe there is a beast...what I mean is maybe it’s only us”
Jack uses ___________ to explain why there isn’t a need to worry about a beast on the island.
Fear: “Serves you right if something did get you, you useless lot of cry-babies!”
Persistence: “But there is no animal!”
Logic: “It’s scientific, that’s what it is. I know there isn’t no beast—not with claws and all that...”
Insight: “Maybe there is a beast...what I mean is maybe it’s only us”
Simon uses ___________ to explain why there isn’t a need to worry about a beast on the island.
Fear: “Serves you right if something did get you, you useless lot of cry-babies!”
Persistence: “But there is no animal!”
Logic: “It’s scientific, that’s what it is. I know there isn’t no beast—not with claws and all that...”
Insight: “Maybe there is a beast...what I mean is maybe it’s only us”
Because of the time period, we can infer that the “beast from the air” is...
A soldier who was shot down during WWII
A hot air balloon rider during the 1700’s
A passenger on his way to Hawaii during the 1960’s
A spy who was trying to scope out the island during WWI
Dramatic irony occurs when...
The characters know what the beastie really is, but the audience does not
The audience knows what the beastie really is, but the characters do not
The fire is meant to be a sign of hope, but fear of the beastie drives out this hope
The twins act so much as like one whole person that their names are joined
Reread the following quote:
“The darkness seemed to flow round them like a tide.”
Determine the figurative language used in the quote.
Personification
Similie
Metaphor
Tone
Why does Simon decide to return to the beach?
Simon decides to return to the beach because he is hungry.
Simon decides to return to the beach because he wants to go to sleep.
Simon decides to return to the beach to tell Piggy that the other boys returned because everyone else is
afraid.
Simon decides to return to the beach to tell Piggy that there is a ship coming because everyone else is
trying to get the ship’s attention.
Which conflict makes Jack try to override Ralph as chief?
Ralph doesn’t believe there is really a beast, but Jack wants to hunt it and kill it
Ralph wants to form a plan for overcoming the beast and is dismissive about Jack being able to kill it
Ralph wants to focus only on the fire, but Jack wants to focus on killing pigs
Ralph wants to hold a meeting, but Jack is the first one to blow the conch and thus oversteps his place
The most precise way to describe Jack’s character is to say Jack changes from a civilized schoolboy to...
A butcher obsessed with murder
A sadist obsessed with torture
A tyrant obsessed with hunting
A savage obsessed with sacrificing
While staring at the impaled pig’s head on a stick, Simon has a mystical experience that reveals...
The beast is something the boys can hunt and kill
The beast comes from the sea
The beast is the evil within the human heart and mind
The beast is just the dead man with a parachute
In the light of day, Simon realizes which important alliteration...
“The beast was harmless and horrible”
“The flies had found the figure too”
“The Lord of the Flies hung on a stick like a black ball”
“Simon saw a humped thing”
If you wanted to show that Jack's form of ruling is a monarchy or a dictatorship, which evidence would provide the
strongest support?
'I gave you food,' said Jack, ' and my hunters will protect you from the beast' "
" 'Who'll join my tribe and have fun?' "
"Jack rose from the log that was his throne and sauntered to the edge of the grass"
" ‘Tomorrow,’ said the chief, ‘we shall hunt again.' "
Who is the only person willing to admit that Simon’s death was murder?
Piggy
Ralph
Jack
Samneric
The one person willing to admit that Simon’s death was murder wants to go home because he is afraid of...
Jack and his hunters
What he has done
“Us” meaning himself and the others
Roger’s loss of civility
Because Jack and his hunters came after Piggy’s glasses instead of the conch, this shows...
They valued being able to build a fire for rescue over order and democracy
They valued being able to build a fire for savagery over order and democracy
They valued being able to have control over Piggy by taking away his sight
They valued being able to take whatever they want to put fear in others
Before going to confront Jack’s group, Ralph’s group...
Wishes they had face paint and weapons so that it will be an even match
Wishes that they could ask for part of the roasting pig because they don’t have any food
Wishes that they could clean up and look like they did when they arrived on the island
Wishes they could take over the fort and make Jack’s group go away
The desires of Ralph’s group before confronting Jack’s group symbolizes
That Ralph’s group is becoming as savage as Jack’s group
That Ralph’s group is getting desperate enough to join Jack’s group
That Ralph’s group is trying to hold on to civility in contrast to Jack’s group
That Ralph’s group is remembering what life used to be like with adults
The murder of Piggy and the destruction of the conch best represents...
The destruction of love and peace
The destruction of logic and order
The destruction of leadership and democracy
The destruction of savagery and sin
The ending of the book is.... SELECT ALL THAT APPLY
Metaphorical because the Naval Officer is being compared to a savior who will rescue the boys from their
sins and their inner darkness
Symbolic because the Naval Officer represents destruction of the island
Ironic because the Naval Officer is rescuing them from one war zone and taking the back home to another
war zone
Realistic because the Naval Officer knows they were only playing games like schoolboys do in real life
A microcosm is a smaller version of society or a community. What is Lord of the Flies a microcosm of in society?
Lord of the Flies is a microcosm of the goodness of society.
Lord of the Flies is a microcosm of the civility of youth.
Lord of the Flies is a microcosm of the fragility of youth.
Lord of the Flies is a microcosm of the cruelty of society.
