Lord of the Flies Reading Quizzes Ch 1- The Sound of the Shell Ch 2- Fire on the Mountain Ch 3- Huts on the Beach

Monday, 1/24 Quiz on The Sound of the Shell (7-31) Get out a half-sheet of paper and a pen/pencil Put your name and date on the top of the paper

Question 1 Describe Piggy’s appearance.

Question 2 What item do Ralph and Piggy find on the beach? What do they do with it?

Question 3 Jack Merridew is the leader of what group?

Question 4 Who is elected chief of the boys?

Question 5 What animal does Jack almost kill?

ANSWERS ON THE FOLLOWING SLIDES

Question 1 Describe Piggy’s appearance.

Question 1 Describe Piggy’s appearance. Wears glasses, short, fat, has asthma

Question 2 What item do Ralph and Piggy find on the beach? What do they do with it?

Question 2 What item do Ralph and Piggy find on the beach? – A conch shell What do they do with it? – Play the conch, make noise

Question 3 Jack Merridew is the leader of what group?

Question 3 Jack Merridew is the leader of what group? – The choir

Question 4 Who is elected chief of the boys?

Question 4 Who is elected chief of the boys? – Ralph

Question 5 What animal does Jack almost kill?

Question 5 What animal does Jack almost kill? – A wild pig

Tuesday, 1/25 Quiz on Fire on the Mountain (32-47) Get out a half-sheet of paper and a pen/pencil Put your name and date on the top of the paper

Question 1 Per the rules of the island, if you want to speak, what must you be holding?

Question 2 The little boys are scared of what on the island?

Question 3 What do the boys decide to make in hopes of being rescued?

Question 4 How do the boys start the fire?

Question 5 What do the boys do to the island that shows they do not think about consequences?

ANSWERS ON THE FOLLOWING SLIDES

Question 1 Per the rules of the island, if you want to speak, what must you be holding?

Question 1 Per the rules of the island, if you want to speak, what must you be holding? – The conch

Question 2 The little boys are scared of what on the island?

Question 2 The little boys are scared of what on the island? – Snake-things/beastie

Question 3 What do the boys decide to make in hopes of being rescued?

Question 3 What do the boys decide to make in hopes of being rescued? A fire

Question 4 How do the boys start the fire?

Question 4 How do the boys start the fire? – They use Piggy’s glasses

Question 5 What do the boys do to the island that shows they do not think about consequences?

Question 5 What do the boys do to the island that shows they do not think about consequences? – They do not control the fire they make, and it burns a large portion of the island.

Wednesday, 1/26 Quiz on Huts on the Beach (48-57) Get out a half-sheet of paper and a pen/pencil Put your name and date on the top of the paper

Question 1 Describe the change in Jack’s appearance and actions.

Question 2 Who consistently helps Ralph construct the shelters?

Question 3 While on the island, Ralph is focused on doing what activity?

Question 4 While on the island, Jack is focused on doing what activity?

Question 5 Describe the place Simon goes to at the end of the chapter.

ANSWERS ON THE FOLLOWING SLIDES

Question 1 Describe the change in Jack’s appearance and actions.

Question 1 Describe the change in Jack’s appearance and actions. – Sunburned – Freckles on his back – longer hair – stalking the pigs through the forest/hunting/tracking

Question 2 Who consistently helps Ralph construct the shelters?

Question 2 Who consistently helps Ralph construct the shelters? – Simon

Question 3 While on the island, Ralph is focused on doing what activity?

Question 3 While on the island, Ralph is focused on doing what activity? – Maintaining the fire – Getting rescued

Question 4 While on the island, Jack is focused on doing what activity?

Question 4 While on the island, Jack is focused on doing what activity? – Killing a pig

Question 5 Describe the place Simon goes to at the end of the chapter.

Question 5 Describe the place Simon goes to at the end of the chapter. – A clearing with sunshine – creepers on one side, rock on the other – Full of aromatic bushes – fallen tree – “bowl of sunshine”