LOTF quiz questions

 

Quiz on LOTF chapter 1

 

1.  How do the boys get on the island?

 

2.  Describe the character "Piggy".

 

3.  What do Ralph and Piggy find in the sand, and what does Piggy suggest they do with it?

 

4.  Ralph, Jack and Simon go on an expedition towards the end of the chapter.  What is the purpose of the expedition?

 

5.  The members of the expedition catch and almost kill an animal.  What kind of animal is it?

 

Quiz on LOTF, chapters 2 & 3

 

1.  What role does the conch shell now play on the island?

 

2.  What is the small “littleun” who comes forward at the

meeting worried about?

 

3.  Why do they want a fire, and how do they start it?

 

4.  What are two mistakes they make when building

the fire?

 

5.  Why is Ralph frustrated at the beginning of chapter 3?

 

Quiz on LOTF chapter 4

 

1.       Name one of the two boys who kick over the littluns’ sandcastles.

 

2.       What materials does Jack use to make his “mask”?

 

3.       What chant has become part of the hunting ritual?

 

4.       What happens to Piggy when Jack punches him?

 

5.       Define this vocabulary word  from the chapter: “ravenously”

 

LOTF chapter 5 quiz

 

1. What skill does Ralph feel he is lacking as a leader?

 

2. Where do the boys decide they think the beast comes from?

 

3. What does Simon say he thinks the beast might be?

 

4. What is Ralph trying to decide after the assembly?

 

5. Define this vocabulary word from the chapter:

          "perilous"

 

Quiz on LOTF chapters 6 & 7

 

1. What is the "beast from the air"?

 

2. Who sees the beast first in chapter 6?

 

3. In chapter 6, where do the boys think the beast is living and where do they go to track it down?

 

4. In chapter 7, Ralph daydreams during the hunt.  What does he daydream about?

 

5. What does Ralph get excited about in chapter 7?

 

Quiz on LOTF chapters 9 & 10

 

1.  What discovery does Simon make at the beginning of chapter 9?

 

2.  Name one sign or symbol of Jack's power as the new chief.

 

3.  What happens to Simon at the end of chapter 9?

 

4.  What happens to Wilfred in chapter 10?

 

5.  In the raid, what does Jack take, and why doesn't he take the conch?

 

 

LOTF quiz answers

 

Quiz on LOTF chapter 1

1.     Their plane crashes

2.     Fat, has glasses, has asthma, intelligent, “mama’s boy”

3.     A conch shell, and Piggy says they can use it to call the other boys

4.     To determine if they are on an island or not

5.     Piglet

 

Quiz on LOTF, chapters 2 & 3

1.     Whoever has the conch has the right to speak and everyone must listen

2.     The beastie, or “snake-thing”

3.     So a ship can see the smoke and rescue them.  They use Piggy’s glasses to start it.

4.     not enough smoke, catch forest on fire, not enough fuel for fire at first, wrong time of the day to start it, they don’t know where everyone is, they use the wrong type of fuel

5.     No one is working like they said they would – everyone is playing

 

Quiz on LOTF chapter 4

1.     Roger and Maurice

2.     red and white clay, charcoal

3.     “Kill the pig!  Cut her throat!  Spill her blood!”

4.     His glasses fall off and break

5.     desperately hungry

 

LOTF chapter 5 quiz

1.     The ability to think well

2.     The water

3.     It is real, but maybe it’s just us

4.     Should he stay chief or not and should he blow the conch again or not

5.     dangerous

 

Quiz on LOTF chapters 6 & 7

1.     A dead pilot who floated down to the island in a parachute

2.     Samneric

3.     Castle Rock

4.     Home – cottage, horses, books, soap, toothpaste, etc.

5.     Hunting – stabbing the boar when it runs at him

 

LOTF chapters 9 & 10 quiz

1.     He realizes the “beast” is a dead parachuter

2.     He sits above everyone on his “throne”; he gives orders and they are followed; call him “chief”; they bring him food/drink

3.     He is murdered by the other boys

4.     He is tied up and beaten because Jack ordered it

5.     He takes Piggy’s glasses (for fire) and he doesn’t take the conch because he thinks it’s useless now