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100
  • At the beginning, who seems most concerned about the group of boys being stranded on an island with no form of authority present?

Piggy

100
  • How is the conch shell first used
  • To gather anyone who might be on the island to one spot
100
  • Jack first shows his leadership style by
  • Bossing the choir boys around
100
  • The reason Ralph is elected chief is…
  • He was still, attractive, and had the conch
100
  • The way in which they select a leader best demonstrates which type of government?
  • Democracy
200
  • Both Ralph and Jack are embarrassed because
  • They can’t start a fire
200
  • The moment Jack sees the reflection of his painted face he…
  • Sees an awesome stranger who becomes an uninhibited version of himself
200
  • 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.
200
  • Jack uses ___________ to explain why there isn’t a need to worry about beast on the island.

Fear

  • “Serves you right if something did get you, you useless lot of cry-babies!”
200

Which form of evidence best shows the government style on the island when they are first setting up the rules.

A. “We can’t have everyone talking at once….I’ll give the conch to the next person to speak. He can hold it while he’s speaking”

B. “We’ll have rules! [Jack] cried excitedly. “Lots of rules! Then when anyone breaks ‘em--“ …“Wacco!”

C. “He snatched his knife out of the sheath and slammed it into a tree trunk. Next time there would be no mercy”

D. “This is our island. This is a good island. Until the grownups come to fetch us, we’ll have fun”

A “We can’t have everyone talking at once….I’ll give the conch to the next person to speak. He can hold it while he’s speaking”

300

This embarrassment is important to the storyline because…

A. It shows that unlike Ralph once thought, these two leader figures need Piggy’s intelligence and logic

B. It shows that unlike Simon demonstrates, these two leader figures can’t admit when they are wrong

C. It shows that unlike Ralph is able to do, Jack can’t admit when he is wrong

D. It shows that unlike Jack, Ralph needs Piggy’s help

A. It shows that unlike Ralph once thought, these two leader figures need Piggy’s intelligence and logic

300
  • Cause and effect: The effect is the coconut shells of water are empty. What is the cause?
  • The boys quit following the procedure and just drink straight from the river
300
  • Because of the time period setting, we can infer that the “beast from the air” is
  • A soldier who was shot down during WWII
300

The author most likely puts in the mock pig hunting scene to….

A. Foreshadow how the they will eventually start harming the little’uns

B. Flashback to the first hunt in which Jack couldn’t jab in the knife

C. Foreshadow how they will eventually hunt a human like they hunt pigs

D. Flashback to the animalist way Jack hunts pigs

C. Foreshadow how they will eventually hunt a human like they hunt pigs

300
  • Which conflict makes Jack try to override Ralph as chief?
  • Ralph wants to form a plan for overcoming the beast and is dismissive about Jack and his hunters being able to kill it
400

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?

A. “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”

B. “He stopped, facing the strip; and remembering that first enthusiastic exploration as though it were a part of a brighter childhood, he smiled jeeringly”

C. “He lost himself in a maze of thoughts that were rendered vague by his lack of words to express them”

D. “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]”

D. “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]”

400

In the light of day, Simon realizes which important alliteration…

A. “The beast was harmless and horrible”

B. “The flies had found the figure too”

C.  “The Lord of the Flies hung on a stick like a black ball”

D. “Simon saw a humped thing”

A. “The beast was harmless and horrible”

400

Simon’s death represents the death of…

A. Purity and peace

B. Law and order

C. Reason and logic

D. Democracy and safety

A. Purity and peace

500

The fire in the final chapter is best interpreted as….

A. Ironic because it brought rescue when it was actually being used for doom

B. Symbolic because the fire represents hope and a Naval officer came to save them

C. Metaphorical because it is comparing the fire on the island to that of a wildlife fire

D. Paradoxical because the fire got very hot, but the boys became very cold

A. Ironic because it brought rescue when it was actually being used for doom