"We can use this to call the others. Have a meeting. They'll come when they are hear us-"
What Piggy said to Ralph when they found the conch.
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Represents authority and democracy
What is the conch.
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This character was more interested in having fun.
Who is Ralph.
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When the boys get back from their exploration of the island what do they do first.
What is they call a meeting.
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Ralph had been deceived before now by the specious appearance of depth in a beach pool and he approached this one preparing to be disappointed.
What does specious mean?
a. a break b. a well fortified position
c. plausible but actually false
What is c
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"I could swim when I was five. Daddy taught me. He's a commander in the Navy. When he gets leave he'll come and rescue us."
What Ralph said to Piggy.
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"He says he saw a beastie, the snake-thing, and will it come back tonight?"
What is the author trying to do here?
The author is foreshadowing.
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Wants to be chief and tries to take over
Who is Jack
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What does Ralph mention that makes all the boys including Jack to jump up and go to the top of the mountain?
What is he mentioned building a fire
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The most usual feature of the rock was a pink cliff surmounted by a skewed block.
What does skewed mean?
a. to make a hand motion b. turned to one side
c. a gloomy effect
What is b
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"But, Merridew. Please, Merridew... can't we?"
What Simon said before he fainted.
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The flame leapt nimbly across the gap"
What kind of figurative language is this? What does it mean?
What is personification and it means that the fire was spreading.
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Wants to know what the group is going to do about the beastie that he saw.
Who is the boy with the mulberry scar
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What do they forget about that Jack and Ralph become embarrassed of?
What is they didn't have a way to light the fire.
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"There came a pause, a hiatus..."
What is a hiatus?
a. zestful enthusiasm b. a break
c. a well fortified position
What is b
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"I ought to be chief,... Because I'm chapter chorister and head boy. I can sing C sharp."
What Jack said.
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" The flames,...crept as a jaguar creeps on its belly"
What kind of figurative language is this? What does the author mean by it?
What is a simile. The author means that the fire creeps along the brush and spreads.
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Was smart enough to know they couldn't keep the fire going
Who is Piggy
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What happens because they build a fire?
What is the whole hill catches fire.
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" He gesticulated widely."
What does gesticulated mean in this passage?
a. a gloomy effect b. turned to one side
c. to make hand motions
What is c
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"I was going to,'...'I was choosing a place. Next time-!"
What jack said when he couldn't kill the pig.
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"Beneath them, on the unfriendly side of the mountain, the drum-roll continued"
The author is building _______here.
What is suspense
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Who screamed, "There is no beastie" ? Why did he scream it over and over?
Who is Ralph. He wanted to make himself believe it. He was scared.
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What happens that scares Ralph at the end of the chapter.
What is the little boy with the mulberry birthmark is missing.
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"A pall stretched for miles away from the island."
What does pall mean?
a. a gloomy effect b. zestful enthusiasm
c. a break
What is a
If you can answer this you get double points: What does ebullience mean?
a. make hand motions b. plausible but actually false
c. a break d. zestful enthusiasm