Reading Quizzes:

Chapter 1. The Sound of the Shell:

1. Where is the novel taking place? (A general answer: you dont need to know
exactly where they are).
Island in the Pacific (but students wont know the ocean)

2. Who is the character with fair hair?

Ralph

3. What does the boy with glasses not wish to be called?

Piggy

4. What do the fair-haired boy and the boy with glasses find? (Spelling counts)
Conch

5. Why doesnt the boy with glasses think that Britain will know where the boys
are?

An Atom Bomb (Students might not know that it is in the Atlantic)

After I collect the quiz/go over answers I will lead the class into a discussion
about ch. 1:
Discussion Questions:
Note: The order to my questions is chronological and I will provide page numbers. These
question are aimed to analysis the themes of identity through characterization and violence
through plot and setting.

Why is Ralphs hair fair? p. 7

Why doesnt Ralph ask Piggys name? p. 9
o What can we guess about this character by his name alone? p.11
o Why does Ralph tell jack about Piggy? p. 21, 25
o Why doesnt Piggy vote right away? p. 23
o Why doesnt Piggy correct them about his name p. 21 - 25
What does Piggy say about the bomb? p. 14
What does Roger suggest they do to settle the dispute between Jack and Ralph? P. 22
What do Jack, Ralph and Simon go do? Why doesnt Piggy come with? P. 23- 25
Describe what you remember when the boys go deeper into the island? - pp. 26-29
o What should they comment on: the pink rock and the butterflies and the piglet that
comes later.
o What does Ralph tell Jack and Simon when they get to the peak of the mountain?
p. 29
o What do the boys encounter when they are walking back to the scar? p. 31

Reading Quiz:
Chapter 4. Painted Faces and Long Hair
1. What do they call the younger boys, and what do they call the older boys?
Littluns and biguns

2. What does Maurice do to Percival?

Stomps through his sand castle

3. What does Roger do to Henry?

Stalks him/throws stones near him

4. What does Jack show Roger?

His mask

5. Why is Ralph upset with Jack?

Jack let the fire out

After I collect the quiz/go over answers I will lead the class into a discussion
about ch. 4.:
Discussion Questions:
Note: The order to my questions is chronological and I will provide page numbers. These
question are aimed to analysis the themes of identity through characterization and violence
through plot and setting.

Who is Percival and what is the difference between a littlun and a bigun? p. 59
Why does roger intentional miss when throwing rocks at Henry? What does it mean by
the stone being the token of preposterous time? p. 62
What does the mask do to Jack? Is he Jack any longer? p. 63
What is a mirage? What does the author repeat it over? p. 65
Why does Ralph have to pause when he runs to check on the fire? p. 66
How is laughter, singing and dancing portrayal? p. 68
Why did Jack let the fire go out? p. 69
What was the Dirty Trick that Ralph refers to? p. 72

Reading Quiz:
Chapter 4. Shadows in Tall Trees
1. What are Ralph, Simon, Roger, Jack and the other searching for on the
island?
The Beast

2. What does Ralph do to the pig?

Throws a spear/stabs it?

3. The boys start playing a game on the pig run: what is it?
They pretend that a bigun (Robert) is a pig

4. Who goes back to the shore?

Simon

5. What do Ralph, Roger, and Jack find at the top of the mountain?
A dead pilot in a tree with a parachute

After I collect the quiz/go over answers I will lead the class into a discussion
about ch. 7.:
Discussion Questions:
Note: The order to my questions is chronological and I will provide page numbers. These
question are aimed to analyze the themes of identity through characterization and violence
through plot and setting.

What does Ralph call Simon? Hes batty. Why do people think this about Simon? Do
you think hes batty? p. 111
When does Ralph agree that hunting is a good thing? Is it? What has it brought to the
island? p. 113
What do you remember about the scene where they pretend that Robert is a pig? Who
participates in the game, who doesnt? Ralph does & Simon doesnt. pp. 114-115
Why does Simon go back? How come there is such an argument about going back or
not? Why is Simon so willing? p. 117
o What does Simon say, back in Chapter 5, when they are at assembly? p. 89
How did the pilot get in the trees? What do they mistake it for? Would Simon have run?
p. 123

Reading Quiz:
Chapter 11. Castlerock
1. Why does Piggy want to go to see Jack?
Jack has the glasses/fire

2. Why doesnt Ralph want to paint himself?

They arent savages

3. What does Ralph call Jack?

Thief/Liar

4. Whom does Jack tell the boys to grab?

Samneric

5. What happens to the Conch?

Roger dislodges a boulder, breaks the conch, and kills Piggy.

After I collect the quiz/go over answers I will lead the class into a discussion
about ch. 11.:
Discussion Questions:
Note: The order to my questions is chronological and I will provide page numbers. These
question are aimed to analysis the themes of identity through characterization and violence
through plot and setting.

What is Piggys plan to get back his glasses? Did you think it was going to work? What
is significant about Jack stealing the glasses and taking them to the other side of the
island? p. 171-172
Why does Piggy hand back the conch to Ralph so quickly? p. 171
What happens when Roger throws the rock at Samneric? Does anyone try to stop him?
p. 175
What does Ralph say that the boys are playing? p. 178
What does Piggy ask Jack and his tribe? How do they respond? p. 180
What does Roger do to Samneric at the end of the chapter? p. 183
What do you think is going to happen to Ralph? pp. 181-83