Show:
Chapters 1-2
Chapter 3-6
Chapter 7-10
Chapters 11-12
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

What has Ralph been doing while Jack is hunting in the woods?

Building huts with not much help from anyone else

100

Jack impales the sow’s head on a stick…

  • As a warning to Ralph
  • To impress his followers
  • To freak out Simon
  • As a gift for the beast

As a gift for the beast

100

Before going to confront Jack’s group, Ralph’s group wishes that they could..

clean up and look like they did when they arrived on the island

200

Jack first shows his leadership style by

Bossing the choir boys around

200

 What mean thing does Roger do to a little’un sitting in the sand?

Throws rocks at him

200

Who is the only person willing to admit that Simon’s death was murder?

  • Piggy
  • Ralph
  • Jack
  • Samneric

Ralph

200

The desires of Ralph’s group before confronting Jack’s group symbolizes

They want to stay civilized and keep order

300

Why was Ralph elected chief ?

He had the conch

300

It becomes obvious that Jack and his hunters care more about hunting pigs than getting rescued when…

They go off hunting and let the fire go out while a ship passes by

300

The one person willing to admit that Simon’s death was murder wants to go home because he is afraid of…

US..himself and others

300

The murder of Piggy and the destruction of the couch 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 destruction of logic and order

400

What type of government is represented in how they chose their leader?

Democracy

400

Piggy 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!”
  • 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"
  • Logic: “It’s scientific, that’s what it is. I know there isn’t no beast—not with claws and all that…”
400

Because Jack and his hunters came after Piggy’s glasses instead of the conch, this shows…

Savagery. Wanting to build a fire over order and democracy

400

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

  • Ironic because it brought rescue when it was actually being used for doom
  • Symbolic because the fire represents hope and a Naval officer came to save them
  • Metaphorical because it is comparing the fire on the island to that of a wildlife fire
  • Paradoxical because the fire got very hot, but the boys became very cold
  • Ironic because it brought rescue when it was actually being used for doom
500

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

500

Because of the time period setting, we can infer that the “beast from the air” is

A soldier who was shot down during WWII

500

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

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

500
  • The ending of the book is…. Pick 2!
  • 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
  • Metaphorical because the Naval Officer is being compared to a savior who will rescue the boys from their sins and their inner darkness
  • Ironic because the Naval Officer is rescuing them from one war zone and taking the back home to another war zone