Jack & Ralph
Piggy
Littleuns & Others
Vocabulary
Miscellaneous
100

What are the boys from the choir wearing when they arrive on the beach in Chapter 1: “The Sound of the Shell”?


Black cloaks.

100

What does Piggy say about his father when Ralph asks?

Piggy's father is dead

100

Which “littlun” is unaccounted for at the end of Chapter 2: “Fire on the Mountain”?



The boy with the mulberry  birthmark.

100

What British slang word means excellent or wonderful?

Wizard

100

What kinds of wild animals have the boys discovered living on the island ?

Pigs.

200

Who leads the boys to the mountaintop in order to begin building a signal fire?

Jack

200

Piggy tells Ralph that he’s worn glasses since he was how old?

3.

200

What does Simon hand to the littluns after they’ve followed him into the forest?


Fruit

200

The word “leviathan” refers to what?

A sea monster.

200

What kind of shell do Ralph and Piggy discover on the beach?

A conch shell.


300

How old is Ralph said to be in Chapter 1: “The Sound of the Shell”?

12

300

What physical ailment does Piggy say he suffers from?

Asthma.


300

Who does Ralph say will be guarding the fire that night during the assembly in Chapter 5: “Beast from Water”?


Sam and Eric

300

What word means lacking confidence in one’s own ability, worth, or fitness?

Diffident.


300

Where are the boys in Lord of the Flies from originally?



England

400

Who is the only boy that is helping Ralph build the shelters?

Simon.


400

What kind of store does Piggy say his auntie used to run?

A candy store.


400

Who are described as “the smallest boys on the island”?

Percival and Johnny.

400

What is the meaning of the word “interminable,”?

Unending.


400

What ocean is described as surrounding the island in Chapter 4: “Painted Faces and Long Hair”?

The Pacific Ocean.

500

Ralph tells Piggy that his father holds what position?

Commander of the Navy

500

Who is described as “the only boy on the island whose hair never seemed to grow”?


Piggy.


500

What is the name of the littlun that the narrator describes crawling into a shelter and staying there for two days, “talking, singing, and crying, till they thought him batty and were faintly amused”

 Percival.

500

What does the word “furtive” mean?

Stealthy

500

What type of novel is Lord of the Flies?

A dystopian novel