WorksheetsLord of the Flies Chapters 6-12
Total questions: 30
Worksheet time: 15mins
"Lord of the Flies" is the translation of "Beelzebub," which is a word generally associated with Satan.
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Ralph's father is a schoolmaster.
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When Jack calls an assembly and asks the boys to dispose of Ralph as leader, no one publicly supports him.
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Piggy, Sam, and Eric remain with Ralph until the very end.
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Jack remarks that the conch is no longer needed because decision making should be left to a select few.
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The mock hunt involving Robert foreshadows the later tragic death of Simon.
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Simon never does climb the mountain to investigate the beast.
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Simon goes to his death without ever making the others aware of the truth.
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The naval officer commends the boys for the excellent way in which they act until they are rescued.
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"Grownups know things .... They'd meet and have tea and discuss. Then things 'ud be all right" These words are spoken by
Jack
Piggy
Ralph
Simon
During the night, Simon often sneaks off to
think in his private place
write songs
explore the island
search for the beast
Simon's prediction to Ralph is that
order will be restored
the boys will be rescued
he will become a famous singer someday
the boys will kill someone.
Percival claims that
the beast came out of the air
the beast does not exist
Simon is the beast
the beast came out of the sea
Ralph's leadership fails because
the boys fail to support their own rules which he attempts to uphold
he will not listen to the boys
he is a poor leader
Jack beats him up, asserting his dominance over Ralph
During the midnight episode
Ralph beats up Roger
Samneric go crazy
Piggy loses the conch
Jack steals Piggy's glasses
Roger showed that he had totally lost all civilized behavior when he
threw rocks at Henry near the sand castles
rolled a rock at Piggy on the ledge to the castle rock fort
went hunting for the pig
saw the beast with Ralph
To get Ralph out into the open, Jack
blew the conch
sent Samneric to tell Ralph Jack was sorry
threw rocks at him
lit the jungle on fire
When Ralph emerged at the far end of the island, he saw
Simon's body
his father
Piggy's auntie
a naval officer
They thought the boys had been
building a fort
playing a game
fishing for squid
hunting pigs
Who or what is the Lord of the Flies?
The name they have given the dead pilot
A large, poisonous insect that thrives on the island of
a game the littleuns make up to pass the time
The sow's head; it represents evil
What is Simon saying when he thinks the "beast" may be inside the boys themselves?
They have eaten some poisoned meat.
None of them are really human.
The dark side of the human personality can destroy mankind.
It is all in their imaginations.
How is Piggy killed?
He is stabbed with a a spear.
He is burned alive in the fire.
Roger rolls a giant rock down the hill that hits him and pushes him off the cliff.
He starves.
To which character does the following quote apply?
"The hangman's horror clung around him."
Simon
Roger
Jack
Ralph
To which character does the following quote apply?
"...a boy of perhaps six years, sturdy and fair, his clothes torn, his face covered with a sticky mess of fruit."
Bill
Sam
Eric
Johnny
To which character does the following quote apply?
"[His] arm was conditioned by a civilization that knew nothing of him and was in ruins."
Percival
the parachutist
Roger
Piggy
To which character does the following quote apply?
"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..."
Piggy
Ralph
Simon
Percival
To which character does the following quote apply?
"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."
Jack
Piggy
Simon
Ralph
To which character does the following quote apply?
"...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."
The pilot of the boys' downed plane
The dead parachutist
Jack
Roger
To which character does the following quote apply?
"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 it toward the forest, and began to pick his way over the tumbled scar."
Simon
Ralph
Jack
Piggy
To which character does the following quote apply?
"...for a minute he became less a hunter than a furtive thing, aplelike among the tangle of the trees... He passed like a shadow under the darkness of the tree and crouched, looking down at the trodden ground at his feet."
Percival
Jack
Bill
Ralph
