Lord of the Flies Reading between the lines Quiz

Lord of the Flies Reading between the lines questions

The answers and an explanation for each question appear as you play, and on the answer-key page of the printout.

1. Why do the boys vote for Ralph rather than Jack?
   He is the oldest survivor present · He holds the shell and seems steady · He promises the boys more free time · He says he knows where they are
2. What has become of the small boy with the marked face by the end of the chapter?
   He is left to guard the shelters · He is taken into Jack's choir · He is missing after the fire · He is sent to fetch more wood
3. What does Simon's habit of slipping away to a screened clearing suggest about him?
   He is searching for the creature · He is afraid of Jack's hunters · He wants to be chief himself · He is at ease away from the group
4. What effect does the clay and charcoal mask have on Jack?
   It hides him from the creature · It frightens the small boys off · It makes the hunters obey Ralph · It frees him from his own shame
5. Ralph paces the beach and rehearses his speech before blowing the conch. What has he decided this assembly must be?
   A chance for Jack to explain himself · A game to settle the small boys · A lookout for a ship on the horizon · A serious session, not a diversion
6. Why does the dead airman appear to move?
   Birds settle on the harness · Wind fills the tangled parachute · The tide reaches up the slope · Rain loosens the rocks beneath
7. What does Ralph feel looking out at the open ocean from the far shore?
   That the water is safe to swim · That rescue is hopelessly distant · That the creature came from there · That a ship must pass that way
8. Why do Ralph, Jack and Roger flee from the mountain top at night?
   The fire burns out of control · A shape there seems to lift up · Loose rocks give way beneath · They hear the hunters chanting
9. What does Piggy propose once Jack has gone?
   Keep watch on the mountain path · Give the hunters all the meat · Build a fourth shelter at once · Move the fire down to the beach
10. What does Simon understand as he sits before the head in his clearing?
    That the creature is a dead man · That the hunters will share meat · That the evil is inside them · That Jack means to kill Ralph
11. What impresses Roger about Jack's rule at Castle Rock?
    The rock can be held by two · A boy is beaten for no reason · The hunters keep a fire going · Jack shares the meat out fairly
12. Why does Ralph's group carry the shell to Castle Rock?
    To trade it for the glasses · To claim the right of their case · To call a last assembly there · To keep it from being stolen
13. What does Ralph do when he comes upon the pig's skull in the clearing?
    Buries it under the creepers · Carries it back to the shelters · Strikes it so that it splits · Leaves an offering beside it
14. What actually brings the naval officer to the island?
    A search begun for the plane · Smoke from the burning forest · A radio call from the wreck · The signal fire on the beach
15. What part does the dead parachutist play in the story?
    He supplies a false proof of fear · He brings news of the war home · He is mistaken for a rescuer · He leaves supplies on the slope

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Original questions written for Pagine. This book is in copyright, so questions paraphrase rather than quote it.