Lord Of The Flies Chapters 1-3
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Reading Comprehension Quiz for Chapters 1-3 of Lord of the Flies by William Golding.
- 1.The boys are marroned on the island after a shipwreck.
- A.
True
- B.
False
- 2.Who does Ralph think is going to rescue them from the island?
- A.
Piggy's Father
- B.
The Plane's Pilot
- C.
His Father
- D.
The School's Headmaster
- 3.Ralph is the too-cool Jock and a wise leader who does not want to be responsible for anyone. Piggy is seen as a low-class, over weight, inmature child but is rather wise and rational. Jack is the older self-appointed leader who is really just a Bully.
- A.
True
- B.
False
- 4.The reason the boys had to leave England in the first place and the reason they are now marooned on the island is becuase...
- A.
There was a terrible storm.
- B.
The country is at war.
- C.
The prime mister forced them to leave the country and someone set a bomb off on the plane.
- D.
The school year is over and they are going home for summer vacation and the pilot had a heart attack.
- 5.What happend to the six year-old boy with the mulberry colored birthmark?
- A.
He drowns
- B.
He dies in the fire.
- C.
He is killed by the beast.
- D.
He goes missing.
- 6.Jack and Ralph disagree on what is really important. Jack thinks that hunting is the most important task to complete. Raplh thinks that creating shelter for the little ones is just as important as hunting.
- A.
True
- B.
False
- 7.Ralph and Simon are already enemies.
- A.
True
- B.
False
- 8.What does Simon do that makes him untrustworthy?
- A.
He goes off into the forest and no one knows what he is doing.
- B.
He hides food.
- C.
He acts like he knows something that everyone else doesn't know.
- D.
He always seems to have food.
- 9.Jack unifies the group of boys by:
- A.
Being the biggest and strongest of the boys.
- B.
Finding the conch first.
- C.
My organizing the group with a plan.
- D.
Making fun of Piggy.
- 10.If you were in the situation presented in this novel, what would your top five priorities be? Explain your thinking in a well organized paragraph.
- 11.The boys wish for a sign from the adults. They soon get an unexpected sign which is
- A.
A plane circles the island.
- B.
A crate of food and supplies.
- C.
A smoke cloud out on the water.
- D.
A decaying body attached to a parachute.
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