NAME: DATE: LORD OF THE FLIES FINAL EXAMINATION ANSWER SHEET SECTION ONE Multiple Choice (15 points): Write only the letter of your choice. 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9. 10. 11. 12. 13. 14. 15. SECTION TWO True or False (10 points): Write only true or false. 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9. 10. SECTION THREE Terms (5 points): Write the letter that corresponds with the correct number. 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. SECTION FOUR Quotations (5 points): Write the name of the speaker. 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 1
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LORD OF THE FLIES FINAL EXAMINATION TAKE HOME TEST DUE MONDAY JUNE 4 TH Please Note: This exam consists of FOUR sections. You must answer ALL of the questions and you must do so on the answer sheet provided. SECTION ONE Multiple Choice (15 points): Circle and write the letter of your choice on the sheet. 1. Why did the Navy come to the island? A) The whole island was on fire, and they saw the smoke. B) They saw the smoke of the signal fire. C) They heard the war cries of the boys. D) They stumbled upon it by accident. 2. How is Ralph saved in the end? A) An adult finds him. B) The twins come to his rescue. C) Jack forgives him and helps him out. D) All of the above. 3. How do the boys come to be on the island? A) Their airplane was shot down while they were being evacuated because of a natural disaster. B) They were on a school choir trip when their plane crashes. C) Their airplane was shot down while they were being evacuated during a war. D) We don t know. 4. Why does Jack decide to put the dead pig s head on a stick? A) To appease Ralph B) To appease the beastie C) To frighten the younger boys D) To signal the adults 5. What is the hunters chant? A) Kill the pig. Cut her throat. Kill the pig. B) Kill the pig. Stab him in the throat. Spill his blood. C) Kill the pig. Cut her throat. Spill her blood. D) Kill the pig. Eat her meat. Drink her blood. 6. How does Ralph call together the boys for the first time? A) They just come to him around the pool. B) He blows the conch. C) He doesn t; Jack does. D) He gets Piggy to blow the conch. 7. What happens to Piggy at Castle rock? A) Jack throws a spear at him, which kills him. B) He is knocked off the ledge by the rock Roger pushed and is thrown into the sea. C) He panics and has an asthma attack, falls off the cliff and dies. D) He is taken hostage by Jack s tribe. 8. The choir boys are given the role of... A) building the shelters. B) being the leaders. C) providing the entertainment. D) being the hunters. 9. How is Simon killed? A) He falls off the cliff. B) The hunters kill him to make a point. C) He stumbles into the middle of the hunters crazed war dance and reenactment. D) He goes crazy in the forest and starves to death. 10. What is Ralph s plan for rescue? A) They must build a signal fire. B) They must create a committee. C) They should build a boat. D) They must explore the island. 3
11. What do the twins think they see, which frightens them, whilst they re guarding the fire? A) A giant animal B) Jack and the hunters C) An enemy soldier D) The beastie 12. When Jack s tribe invades the beach, they steal... A) Piggy s glasses. B) food from the boys. C) the wood for the fire. D) the conch. 14. How does the Naval officer react when Ralph begins to cry? A) He comforts him and tells him he is safe. B) He gets angry with his show of weakness. C) He is embarrassed and turns away. D) He hands him a tissue. 15. What did the twins really see? A) A dead man with a parachute B) A pig s head on a stick C) The smoke from the smoldering fire D) A dead man with a tent 13. Who is the Lord of the Flies? A) Jack B) The Beastie C) The pig s head on a stick D) The dead parachute man SECTION TWO True or False (10 points): Identify whether the following statements are true or false. 1. Whenever Piggy gets nervous, he polishes his glasses. 2. Jack kills the pig by stabbing it viciously on his very first attempt at hunting. 3. Simon is unlike the other boys; he likes to be alone and is not as afraid of the forest or what might be in it. 4. Lord of the Flies is an allegorical novel, which means that the main themes of the novel are conveyed through symbolic characters and objects. 5. Piggy s asthma is a symbol of his lack of intelligence. 6. The Lord of the Flies is a symbol of the civilization which the boys left behind. 7. The boys start painting their faces in order to become anonymous savages. 8. The conch is a symbol of civilization and order on the island. 9. Jack manipulates the younger boys fear to gain control. 10. Ralph forces the boys into following him he proclaims himself as the chief. 4
SECTION THREE Terms (5 points): Match the following with who/what they represent. 1. Piggy s Glasses 2. The Conch 3. The Lord of the Flies 4. The Signal Fire 5. The Beast A) A symbol of the power of evil which exists within every human being B) A powerful symbol of civilization and order C) A symbol of the power of man, and man s ability to make fire D) Represents the potential for evil which exists within Simon E) A measurement of the boy s fear and capacity for savagery F) A symbol of the world of the adults G) A measurement of the boys desire for rescue H) A representation of the power of science and intellectualism in society I) A symbol which represents leadership and management SECTION FOUR Quotations (5 points): Identify the speaker of each of the following quotations. 1. There s another thing. We can help them to find us. If a ship comes near the island they may not notice us. So we must make smoke on top of the mountain. We must make a fire. 2. There isn t anyone to help you. Only me. And I m the Beast... Fancy thinking the Beast was something you could hunt and kill! 3. Fear can't hurt you any more than a dream. There aren't any beasts to be afraid of on this island... Serve you right if something did get you, you useless lot of cry-babies! 4. We've got to have rules and obey them. After all, we're not savages. We re English, and the English are best at everything. 5. Life... is scientific... I know there isn't no beast... but I know there isn't no fear, either... Unless we get frightened of people. 5