Lord of the Flies Comprehensive Test Name Date
True/False- Mark “A” for True and “B” for False.
1. When Ralph is elected chief, Jack is so frustrated that he refuses to hunt.
2. Ralph starts the signal fire by rubbing two sticks together.
3. The signal fire goes out because Jack and the hunters neglect it.
4. A wild boar eats the littlun who has a mulberry-colored birthmark on his face.
5. Piggy’s parents will come find them.
6. The conch provides a symbol for authority that the boys recognize as civilized.
7. The main source of food on the island is food scavenged from the wreckage of the
airplane.
8. The boys murder Simon because they think that he is “batty.”
9. Piggy is not afraid of Jack because he knows that SamnEric will protect him.
10. Ralph and Jack initially had a mutual respect for each other that diminished by the
end of the book.
Match the following descriptions with the choices given (A-E)
a. Ralph b. Piggy c. Jack d. Simon e. Roger
11. dies when a rock falls on him
12. the elected leader of the group
13. the most evil character; kills Piggy
14. puts his own lust for hunting ahead of everyone else’s needs
15. sees people for what they really are
16. represents the power-hungry dictator in society
17. represents the mystic philosophers in society
18. represents the good-hearted rule-following leaders in society
19. represents the evil sadist figures in society
20. represents the scholars or thinkers in a society
Multiple Choice
21. The boys are on the island because
a. their ship sank
b. they will be safe from the war there
c. their plane was shot down
d. they were on vacation
22. The boy with the mulberry birthmark who was fearful of the “snake-thing”
a. disappears
b. was Simon
c. later becomes one of the bravest boys
d. refuses to eat the meat Jack provides
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, 23. The conch shell becomes a symbol of
a. freedom
b. authority
c. tyranny
d. death
e. food
24. Jack changes from a civilized schoolboy to a(n)
a. insane butcher obsessed with murdering his way to power
b. a sadist obsessed with torture
c. a clever tyrant obsessed with creating a new form of government
d. a savage obsessed with hunting
25. Which boy suggests, “We’ll have rules! Lots of rules!”?
a. Jack
b. Simon
c. Piggy
d. Roger
26. Simon recognizes that the beast
a. lives in the sea
b. lives on the mountain
c. is within each of them
d. is stalking them at night
27. In the early part of the novel, “a civilization that knew nothing of him and was in
ruins” prevents
a. Roger from hitting Henry with rocks
b. Piggy from carrying wood to the fire
c. Jack from killing the first pig
d. Simon from pushing over the pig’s head on the stick
28. The bodies of Simon and Piggy are
a. buried under Castle Rock
b. left as an offering for the beast
c. washed out to sea
d. carried to the top of the mountain
29. The only boy who does not participate in murder is
a. Piggy
b. Simon
c. Ralph
d. Roger
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True/False- Mark “A” for True and “B” for False.
1. When Ralph is elected chief, Jack is so frustrated that he refuses to hunt.
2. Ralph starts the signal fire by rubbing two sticks together.
3. The signal fire goes out because Jack and the hunters neglect it.
4. A wild boar eats the littlun who has a mulberry-colored birthmark on his face.
5. Piggy’s parents will come find them.
6. The conch provides a symbol for authority that the boys recognize as civilized.
7. The main source of food on the island is food scavenged from the wreckage of the
airplane.
8. The boys murder Simon because they think that he is “batty.”
9. Piggy is not afraid of Jack because he knows that SamnEric will protect him.
10. Ralph and Jack initially had a mutual respect for each other that diminished by the
end of the book.
Match the following descriptions with the choices given (A-E)
a. Ralph b. Piggy c. Jack d. Simon e. Roger
11. dies when a rock falls on him
12. the elected leader of the group
13. the most evil character; kills Piggy
14. puts his own lust for hunting ahead of everyone else’s needs
15. sees people for what they really are
16. represents the power-hungry dictator in society
17. represents the mystic philosophers in society
18. represents the good-hearted rule-following leaders in society
19. represents the evil sadist figures in society
20. represents the scholars or thinkers in a society
Multiple Choice
21. The boys are on the island because
a. their ship sank
b. they will be safe from the war there
c. their plane was shot down
d. they were on vacation
22. The boy with the mulberry birthmark who was fearful of the “snake-thing”
a. disappears
b. was Simon
c. later becomes one of the bravest boys
d. refuses to eat the meat Jack provides
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, 23. The conch shell becomes a symbol of
a. freedom
b. authority
c. tyranny
d. death
e. food
24. Jack changes from a civilized schoolboy to a(n)
a. insane butcher obsessed with murdering his way to power
b. a sadist obsessed with torture
c. a clever tyrant obsessed with creating a new form of government
d. a savage obsessed with hunting
25. Which boy suggests, “We’ll have rules! Lots of rules!”?
a. Jack
b. Simon
c. Piggy
d. Roger
26. Simon recognizes that the beast
a. lives in the sea
b. lives on the mountain
c. is within each of them
d. is stalking them at night
27. In the early part of the novel, “a civilization that knew nothing of him and was in
ruins” prevents
a. Roger from hitting Henry with rocks
b. Piggy from carrying wood to the fire
c. Jack from killing the first pig
d. Simon from pushing over the pig’s head on the stick
28. The bodies of Simon and Piggy are
a. buried under Castle Rock
b. left as an offering for the beast
c. washed out to sea
d. carried to the top of the mountain
29. The only boy who does not participate in murder is
a. Piggy
b. Simon
c. Ralph
d. Roger
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