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Lord of the Flies Chapters 6-12

Total questions: 30

Worksheet time: 15mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

"Lord of the Flies" is the translation of "Beelzebub," which is a word generally associated with Satan.

a)

True

b)

False

2.

Ralph's father is a schoolmaster.

a)

True

b)

False

3.

When Jack calls an assembly and asks the boys to dispose of Ralph as leader, no one publicly supports him.

a)

True

b)

False

4.

Piggy, Sam, and Eric remain with Ralph until the very end.

a)

True

b)

False

5.

Jack remarks that the conch is no longer needed because decision making should be left to a select few.

a)

True

b)

False

6.

The mock hunt involving Robert foreshadows the later tragic death of Simon.

a)

True

b)

False

7.

Simon never does climb the mountain to investigate the beast.

a)

True

b)

False

8.

Simon goes to his death without ever making the others aware of the truth.

a)

True

b)

False

9.

The naval officer commends the boys for the excellent way in which they act until they are rescued.

a)

True

b)

False

10.

"Grownups know things .... They'd meet and have tea and discuss. Then things 'ud be all right" These words are spoken by

a)

Jack

b)

Piggy

c)

Ralph

d)

Simon

11.

During the night, Simon often sneaks off to

a)

think in his private place

b)

write songs

c)

explore the island

d)

search for the beast

12.

Simon's prediction to Ralph is that

a)

order will be restored

b)

the boys will be rescued

c)

he will become a famous singer someday

d)

the boys will kill someone.

13.

Percival claims that

a)

the beast came out of the air

b)

the beast does not exist

c)

Simon is the beast

d)

the beast came out of the sea

14.

Ralph's leadership fails because

a)

the boys fail to support their own rules which he attempts to uphold

b)

he will not listen to the boys

c)

he is a poor leader

d)

Jack beats him up, asserting his dominance over Ralph

15.

During the midnight episode

a)

Ralph beats up Roger

b)

Samneric go crazy

c)

Piggy loses the conch

d)

Jack steals Piggy's glasses

16.

Roger showed that he had totally lost all civilized behavior when he

a)

threw rocks at Henry near the sand castles

b)

rolled a rock at Piggy on the ledge to the castle rock fort

c)

went hunting for the pig

d)

saw the beast with Ralph

17.

To get Ralph out into the open, Jack

a)

blew the conch

b)

sent Samneric to tell Ralph Jack was sorry

c)

threw rocks at him

d)

lit the jungle on fire

18.

When Ralph emerged at the far end of the island, he saw

a)

Simon's body

b)

his father

c)

Piggy's auntie

d)

a naval officer

19.

They thought the boys had been

a)

building a fort

b)

playing a game

c)

fishing for squid

d)

hunting pigs

20.

Who or what is the Lord of the Flies?

a)

The name they have given the dead pilot

b)

A large, poisonous insect that thrives on the island of

c)

a game the littleuns make up to pass the time

d)

The sow's head; it represents evil

21.

What is Simon saying when he thinks the "beast" may be inside the boys themselves?

a)

They have eaten some poisoned meat.

b)

None of them are really human.

c)

The dark side of the human personality can destroy mankind.

d)

It is all in their imaginations.

22.

How is Piggy killed?

a)

He is stabbed with a a spear.

b)

He is burned alive in the fire.

c)

Roger rolls a giant rock down the hill that hits him and pushes him off the cliff.

d)

He starves.

23.

To which character does the following quote apply?

"The hangman's horror clung around him."

a)

Simon

b)

Roger

c)

Jack

d)

Ralph

24.

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."

a)

Bill

b)

Sam

c)

Eric

d)

Johnny

25.

To which character does the following quote apply?

"[His] arm was conditioned by a civilization that knew nothing of him and was in ruins."

a)

Percival

b)

the parachutist

c)

Roger

d)

Piggy

26.

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..."

a)

Piggy

b)

Ralph

c)

Simon

d)

Percival

27.

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."

a)

Jack

b)

Piggy

c)

Simon

d)

Ralph

28.

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."

a)

The pilot of the boys' downed plane

b)

The dead parachutist

c)

Jack

d)

Roger

29.

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."

a)

Simon

b)

Ralph

c)

Jack

d)

Piggy

30.

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."

a)

Percival

b)

Jack

c)

Bill

d)

Ralph