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CHAPTER QUESTIONS Lord_of_the Flies By William Golding Name: ________________________
CHAPTER QUESTIONS
Lord_of_the
Flies
By William Golding
Name: ________________________
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Chapter 1
“The sound of the shell”
1. What are "the fat boy" and "the fair boy's" main concerns?
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2. Why is "the fat boy" proud that he has asthma?
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3. What do the boys think they should make?
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4. What doesn't "the fat boy" want to be called?
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5. What does Ralph's dad do for a living?
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6. Who is going to rescue them?
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7. What do the boys use as a symbol of authority in the society they form?
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8. What prevents Piggy from being the natural leader?
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9. What happens when Ralph blows on the conch?
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10. How do the boys know to sit down?
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11. Why does Piggy want Ralph in charge?
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12. Describe the power struggle between Jack and Ralph when they are choosing a chief.
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13. How does Ralph win?
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14. Who would you have chosen and why?
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15. Why does Ralph respect Jack more than Piggy?
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1. What are the differences between the first and second meeting?
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2. Why does Jack say they need hunters?
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3. What is the first rule that Ralph makes?
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4. How does Ralph describe the island?
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5. What does a little one think he has seen in the forest?
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6. What is Jack's response?
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7. What is Ralph's response?
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Chapter 2
“Fire on the mountain”
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8. What differences are shown between Piggy and Jack when Ralph speaks about his father
and the Queen?
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9. Why do the boys want to make a fire?
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10. How do they light the fire?
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11. Why do the rules change on the top of the mountain?
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12. What is Ralph more concerned about, smoke or fire? Why?
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13. What does it mean if the conch is present?
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14. What does Jack decide the hunters will be responsible for other than hunting?
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1. What does the description of Jack at the start of the chapter reveal about him character?
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2. Who is building the shelters?
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3. What does this reveal about Simon's character?
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4. Why is Ralph so angry?
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5. Why does Jack say that the hunters are excused from building shelters?
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6. Have the hunters killed anything yet?
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7. What are ‘littleuns’ acting like?
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Chapter 3
“Huts on the beach”
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8. What is the most important thing?
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9. What would Jack like to do before this happens?
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10. Ralph and Jack have very different frustrations. Ralph is responsible for the whole group; Jack
is responsible for himself. How does this make them different?
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11. What does the final description of Simon reveal about him?
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12. Which job on the island do you think is most important? Why?
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1. What were the smaller boys know as?
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2. Who is Henry?
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3. What do Maurice and Roger do to the castles?
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4. Why does Maurice run away?
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5. Why does Henry get excited when he is in control of living things?
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6. Why does Roger throw the stones near the littleun instead of directly at him?
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Chapter 4
“Painted faces & Long Hair”
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7. What will Jack's painted face allow him to do?
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8. What is the boy's response when they see the smoke in the distance?
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9. Why does the boy's plan for rescue fail?
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10. What caused the hunters, who had promised to keep the fire burning, to neglect it?
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11. Even if the boys hate Piggy, why do they still need him?
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12. What are Jack and his hunters chanting?
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13. What does Jack have memories of?
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1. What does Ralph need to think about at the start of the chapter?
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2. What must the meeting not be?
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3. Describe the assembly place?
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4. What was the trouble with being chief?
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5. What is Piggy better at than Ralph?
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6. What did they decide about the water?
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7. Why is one of the shelters not built as strongly as the others?
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Chapter 5
“Beast from water”
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8. What is the most important thing on the island to Ralph?
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9. Compare Jack and Piggy's perceptions of the beast.
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10. What does Maurice trying to make the littleuns laugh reveal about him?
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11. Where do the litteuns think the beast comes from?
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12. What does Simon think about the beast?
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13. Why doesn't Jack think Ralph is a good chief?
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14. Why can't Jack hurt Ralph?
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1. What does the wind carry to the top of the mountain?
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2. Why were the twins sleeping at the same time?
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3. What are the twins relived about?
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4. What do the boys think they see?
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5. Why do Ralph and Jack decide to go find the beast?
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6. Why is Piggy left behind?
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7. Ralph tells says Jack is a hunter, but he is chief, so he'll go. Why should the chief go before
the hunters?
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Chapter 6
“Beast from air”
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8. Why doesn't Ralph expect to meet a beast?
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9. Why couldn't Jack let Ralph go up the mountain alone?
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10. Is Jack worried more about the beast or envious of Ralph?
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11. Why does Ralph insist they go to the mountain?
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12. Why are the rest of boys so easily distracted?
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1. Why is the meal now an "easy meal?" How is this different from previous meals?
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2. Why does Golding ramble about the scenery and the rise and fall of the ocean?
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3. Why is the chief becoming more important than a hunter?
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4. Why is Ralph angry about the books he's read?
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5. How does Ralph react when the boar comes charging down the path?
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6. How do the boys react to Ralph's actions?
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7. What does this scene reveal about Ralph?
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Chapter 7
“Shadows & Tall Trees”
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8. What does Jack want to use instead of a pig in their circle dance?
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9. Why does Jack become so angry when Ralph shows he is worried about Piggy?
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10. Why does Jack insist on going to the mountain?
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11. Why does Ralph go with him?
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12. Who goes with them? Why?
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13. Do you think Jack and Ralph could have made a good team?
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14. What do the boys see on the top of the mountain?
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1. How does Ralph describe the beast?
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2. What does this do to the rest of the group?
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3. Why does Jack scream that Ralph thinks his hunters are no good?
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4. Piggy says now "we've really got a beast." Who is he talking about?
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5. What is the problem with Piggy and Ralph's plan?
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6. Where did all the older boys go? Why?
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7. How is Jack elected chief?
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Chapter 8
“Gift for Darkness”
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8. What is different about this hunt, than those described in the past?
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9. What problem does Roger think of?
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10. What does the Jack do for the beast?
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11. Who or what is the lord of the flies?
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12. What is Ralph scared of?
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13. What is the lord of the flies' warning?
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1. When Simon awakens and goes to the mountain, what does he discover?
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2. Where do Ralph and Piggy discover the other boys have gone to?
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3. Ralph says ‘I’m chief…And I’ve got the conch—“ How does Jack respond to this?
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4. What do the boys do in the circle?
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5. How is the weather different than usual on this night?
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6. Why does Simon come down the mountain and into the circle?
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Chapter 9
“A view to a death”
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7. Why does Jack organize the feast?
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8. What is the “thing that crawls out of the forest?”
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9. What does Simon try to tell the boys?
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10. What do the boys do to Simon? Why?
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11. What happens to the parachutist?
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1. Besides Ralph, who are the only other three boys left in Ralph’s group?
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2. What word does Ralph use to describe what happened to Simon (hint: this word scares
Piggy)?
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3. What do the four boys (including Ralph) who are left in Ralph’s group lie to each other about
regarding the night before?
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4. How do the boys in Jack’s tribe protect Castle Rock?
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5. What does Jack do to Wilfred? How does this affect Wilfred?
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Chapter 10
“The shell & the glass”
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6. How does Golding (the author) show that Ralph is beginning to forget what, up to now, he
has considered to be their most important goal?
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7. What do Ralph and Piggy agree will happen to them if they don’t get rescued soon?
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8. Why do you think Jack wants to make the boys believe the Beast is still alive?
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9. What do Jack and his hunters steal in the night?
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1. Why does Piggy want to go up the mountain to see Jack?
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2. What name/insult does Ralph call Jack which starts the fight between them?
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3. What do they take with them as a symbol of their authority?
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4. Once he has the conch, what questions does Piggy ask the group of boys?
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5. What happens to Piggy after he asks these questions?
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6. What does the tribe do to Sam and Eric?
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Chapter 11
“Castle Rock”
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7. What does Ralph do at the end of this chapter?
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8. What does Jack say about the boys in his tribe?
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9. What do the boys in Jack’s tribe call him?
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1. What does Ralph knock down and smash in half?
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2. What fact about Sam and Eric does Ralph realize that night?
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3. What do Sam and Eric end up warning Ralph about?
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4. What object prepared by Jack do Sam and Eric tell Ralph about?
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5. What do Sam and Eric give Ralph?
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6. When the first attempt to flush out Ralph fails, what is the next attempt?
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Chapter 12
“Cry of the hunters”
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7. Why does Jack’s tribe start the fire on the island?
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8. Who does Ralph run into on the beach?
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9. What has drawn the naval captain to the island?
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10. At the books’ end, what positive outcome has come from the starting of the fire?
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11. How does Golding (the author) change the boys from savages back to little boys in the eyes
of the reader?
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