Lord of the Flies Plot recall Quiz
Lord of the Flies by William Golding · 15 multiple-choice questions with answers · about 12 min
Test your knowledge of Lord of the Flies with 15 plot recall questions with answers and explanations — quick check of what happens and when. Ideal for revision once you have read the whole novel.
Quick check of what happens and when. Drawn from the whole novel — contains spoilers.
Skills tested: Recall · Difficulty: Easy, Standard
The answers and an explanation for each question appear as you play, and on the answer-key page of the printout.
- How do Ralph and Piggy gather the other survivors to the beach?
By lighting a fire on the hilltop · By beating a hollow log with sticks · By shouting from the mountain top · By blowing the shell from the lagoon
- What is used to light the boys' first fire?
Piggy's glasses held to the sun · Two dry sticks rubbed together · Jack's knife struck on the rock · A box of matches from the wreck
- Why do the boys decide to keep a fire burning on the mountain?
So a passing ship will see smoke · So the younger boys stay warm · So the hunters can cook their meat · So the creature is kept at bay
- How much of the shelter-building has actually been finished?
All three are finished and strong · One stands and two are begun · Two stand and the third is a ruin · None, because the wood is wet
- What do the boys miss because the signal fire has gone out?
A ship passing on the horizon · A plane crossing in the night · A boat landing in the lagoon · A search party on the far rocks
- What does Percival do when he is pushed forward to speak?
Recites his name and address · Runs off into the shelters · Asks to join Jack's hunters · Points up at the mountain top
- What comes down onto the mountain while the boys are asleep?
A dead airman under a parachute · A burning piece of the wreck · A crate of supplies from a plane · A raft washed up on the rocks
- What does Jack admire about the rocky outcrop at the island's end?
It gives a view of the reef · It is covered with seabird eggs · It hides a store of fresh water · It would make a good fort
- What does Ralph do when the boar charges down the pig run?
Steps aside and lets Jack strike · Drives it back towards the shore · Climbs a tree until it has gone · Hits it on the snout with a spear
- Which pig do Jack's hunters kill in this chapter?
A sow nursing her young · The boar that gashed Jack · A piglet caught in creepers · An old pig by the bathing pool
- What does Simon find on the mountain top?
The remains of the signal fire · The sow's head on its stake · A cave hidden behind rocks · The dead airman in his harness
- What does Jack now tell his tribe about the creature?
It lives under the castle rocks · It never existed at all · It can come in any disguise · It was killed on the mountain
- How does Piggy die?
He is speared on the rock neck · He drowns in the bathing pool · He falls while climbing a cliff · A boulder is levered onto him
- What do Sam and Eric warn Ralph about when he finds them on watch?
That Jack has taken the shell · That the fire has gone out · That the glasses are broken · That the tribe will hunt him
- Who is chosen as chief at the first assembly?
Piggy, who found the shell · Jack, who leads the choir · Simon, who knows the island · Ralph, who is holding the shell
Original questions written for Pagine. This book is in copyright, so questions paraphrase rather than quote it.
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