Lord of the Flies
Test Review
Character Identification – Match each character with the correct description.
1. Ralph
2. Piggy
3. Jack
4. Eric
5. Littluns
6. Simon
Multiple Choice – Choose one answer for each question
7. How did the boys happen to come to the island?
8. What do the boys have that is a symbol of authority in the society they form?
9. What does a littlun think he has seen in the forest?
10. How and why do the boys make fire?
11. What causes the hunters, who had promised to keep the fire burning, to neglect it and allow it to go out?
12. Why does Jack paint his face?
13. What do Sam and Eric tell the others they have seen? What is it actually?
14. Who destroys the littluns sandcastles?
15. How did the hunter’s kill the pig?
16. How does the boy’s plan for rescue fail?
17. Why do Ralph and Jack decide to go find the beast?
18. After the boys destroy the littluns’ sandcastles, Roger stalks the young boy named Henry. When he begins to throw stones, why does Roger just throw near Henry instead of directly at him?
19. Piggy insisted that they visit Jack’s camp at Castle rock in order to ______.
20. After Piggy’s death, who establishes himself formally as chief?
21. What does Jack put on before his first kill?
22. Who says the following: “But you can feel as if you’re not hunting, but—being hunted, as if something’s behind you all the time in the jungle.”
23. Which character foreshadows future events by tossing stones at Henry (although purposefully missing)?
24. The mantra chanted by the hunters after their first kill was ______.
25. While Jack argued for the importance of finding meat, Ralph argued for the importance of ______.
26. From the following scenes, choose the one in which Golding best exemplifies the ultimate depravity of the hunters.
27. In which point of view is Lord of the Flies written?
28. A deserted tropical island is the ______of Lord of the Flies.
29. Simon’s encounter with the Lord of the Flies and subsequent death represents the ______of the novel.
30. What realization does Simon come to when he encounters the Lord of the Flies in the forest clearing?
31. Which physical ailment plagues Piggy?
32. The Lord of the Flies promises to have some “fun” with Simon. This scene foreshadows ______.
33. The character that Golding often describes as having animal-like qualities (particularly “ape-like”) is ______.
34. Who insists that the rest of the boys address him as “Chief”?
35. Jack’s surname is ______.
36. ______repeatedly quotes his aunt, thus representing the only female voice on the island.
37. What surrounds Simon’s body as it is carried off in the tide?
38. Of the following modicums of civilization originally adopted by the stranded boys, which does Piggy insist toward the end of the novel is “all we’ve got left”?
39. Which of the following literary devices is used in this passage: “The beach between the palm terrace and the water was a thin stick, endless apparently…”
Short Answer
40. What event is happening in the outside world while the boys are stranded on the island?
41. Who are the only two boys who continued to build huts after everyone else had stopped?
42. What characteristics make Simon different from the rest of the boys?
43. Who are the hunters and what is their job?
True or False—Circle the correct answer
44. Jack leads the boys off the island? True False
45. Piggy suggests they build a barometer with a stick. True False
Teacher’s Key
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