The following questions are based on pages 145-154
Question 1
1.
What does Simon find at the top of the mountain?
Question 2
2.
Why do Ralph and Piggy go to Jack's tribe in this chapter?
Question 3
3.
Golding uses the imagery of the ________ to symbolize the building inner conflict growing between Ralph and Jack.
Question 4
4.
Who do the boys mistaken for The Beast while they are maddened by the hunting chant?
Question 5
5.
What happens to this boy?
Question 6
6.
On pages 153-154, Golding highlights the tragedy of this chapter with _______ to illustrate the delicateness of innocence and lost treasure that is a taken life.
Chapter 10 - The Shell and the Glasses
The following questions are based on pages 154-168
Question 7
7.
Ralph, Piggy, and SamnEric try to distance themselves from what happened on the beach in which of the following ways?
Question 8
8.
When Roger comes to join his tribe, Jack has reasserted his dominance by...
Question 9
9.
Jack sidesteps what happened on the beach the night before by....
Question 10
10.
In the night, the hunters come to...
Question 11
11.
During the fight on pages 167-168, Golding implies that...
Chapter 11 - Castle Rock
The following questions are based on pages 169 - 182
Question 12
12.
On page 171, Piggy says what the others cannot. Which quote reveals the unspoken truth?
Question 13
13.
Upset, Piggy volunteers to challenge Jack, saying "What can he do more than he has? I'll tell him what's what. You let me carry the conch, Ralph. I'll show him the one thing he hasn't got"
What does Piggy have that Jack doesn't have?
Question 14
14.
"He pushed the conch quickly into Ralph's hands as though in a hurry to be rid of it and wiped the tears from his eyes. The green light was gentle about them and the conch lay at Ralph's feet, fragile and white. A single drop of water that had escaped Piggy's fingers now flashed on the delicate curve like a star." (Golding 171).
Here, this imagery illustrates how ____ the boys are in this moment.
Question 15
15.
Why can the hunters tie up their long hair, but Ralph cannot?
Compare/Constrast page 172 and page 175 in 3+ sentences with 2+ direct quotes.
(Challenge: Go one step further - what is Golding's deeper meaning here)
Question 16
16.
Which of the following is NOT an effect of the paint on the hunter's faces?
Question 17
17.
On page 180, Golding uses phrases below in order to _____ the boys.
"Ralph was a shock of hair and Piggy a bag of fat"
"...they were a solid mass of menace that bristled with spears"
"....like a pig's after it has been killed"
"a great noise as of sea gulls rose behind him"
Question 18
18.
Who falls to his death during the scuffle at the bridge in front of Castle Rock?
Question 19
19.
Interestingly, Golding doesn't say the shell broke, instead he uses the phrase:
Question 20
20.
Interestingly, Golding doesn't say this boy died, instead he uses the phrase:
Chapter 12 - The Cry of the Hunters?
The following questions are based on pages 183-End
Question 21
21.
What drives Ralph on in this chapter?
Question 22
22.
What does Ralph do when he stumbles on The Lord of the Flies?
Question 23
23.
SamnEric warn Ralph that...
Question 24
24.
Opinion: Why does this warning frighten Ralph so much? 3+ sentences
(Challenge: Connect what it symbolizes/suggests they intend to do to Ralph to Golding's deeper meaning here)
Question 25
25.
Interestingly, Ralph hides from the hunters....
Question 26
26.
Opinion: Do you think Ralph killed any of the other hunters in his desperate attempt to flee?
Question 27
27.
Copy out a quote that supports your answer to the question above. Cite the page number too!
Question 28
28.
"He forgot his wounds, his hunger and thirst, and became fear; hopeless fear of flying feet, rushing through the forest towards the open beach."
Here, Golding uses ______ to create suspense and speed in this line.
Question 29
29.
Interestingly, what detail does Ralph get wrong when answering the officer's questions?
Question 30
30.
Golding, through the officer, compares this whole saga to which other work of literature?
Question 31
31.
Reconsider the title of this chapter afte re-reading the last page again. What is "the cry of the hunters" and what does it symbolize/represent throughout this chapter? 3+ sentences with 2+ direct quotes.
(Challenge: Consider more than one meaning of this "cry" in this chapter in your response and compare/constrast these two+ meanings!)