by William Golding
 Quiz Grade - % based on a total of 138 points
 Due 2nd day of class regardless of semester
1) Background Assignment – 10 points
Complete the questions on the background page.
2) Chapter Vocabulary – 36 points (4 words x 12 chapters)
Define the words for each chapter using a paper or internet
dictionary. You may put the definitions in your own words. You will
be required to know these words for the test.
3) Chapter Questions – 62 points (1 per question)
Answer each question in complete sentences. Be sure to answer
in detail. Look out for 2-part questions that require more than one
answer.
 Daily Grade
 Due with reading guide on 2nd day of class
During your reading, you will keep a log in which you will keep
notes, questions, quotes, or anything else that interests you while
reading. These notes must be in depth, and there should be many
per chapter. Can be on notebook paper stapled together or in its
own notebook. If you use post-its in the book, please attach them
to paper for turning in.
4) Post-reading Responses – 30 points (10 points x 3 essays)
 Will take place on the 3rd day of class during your semester of
English
Each essay response should be at least one organized paragraph
of at least 8 to 10 sentences. Use the text for support.
 Test format will be given on first day of class during your
semester of English
 You may buy your own book and use it to complete the questions. The edition is not important.
 You were required to sign off that you received your book at the end of your 8th grade term, so no excuses will be
accepted as to why reading or the work was not completed. Late packets will be accepted the first week of school
for a maximum grade of a 75D. You will take the test on normal testing day whether you have finished the reading
or not.
 You may not complete this packet with classmates. You may not copy work from the internet and use it as your
own. All work you do must be your own. If you are found guilty of cheating, you will receive a zero on whatever
part of the assignment on which you cheated.
 If you have any questions during the summer, please email me at [email protected].
Use the internet or library to answer the following questions.
WILLIAM GOLDING
In what year was he born?
What did his parents do for a living?
How was Golding involved in World War 2?
What two experiences of Golding’s inspired the novel?
What two prestigious things happened to Golding during his life?
WORLD WAR 2 & THE THREAT OF NUCLEAR WAR
What year did World War 2 begin?
What started the conflict of World War 2?
Who made up the two opposing sides?
Why did the atomic bomb insight fear in so many?
How was the atomic bomb used in World War 2?
THE TITLE OF THE NOVEL
What is the meaning of the title of the novel? From what word is it derived?
CHAPTER ONE – THE SOUND OF THE SHELL
Vocab
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enmity
strident
acclaim
loiter(ed)
Questions
1) Why are the boys on the island?
2) Describe the island terrain.
3) How old are the boys? (A range)
4) Describe Ralph and Piggy.
5) What does Piggy think has killed everyone back home?
6) To his excitement, what does Piggy find on the beach? What do they use it for?
7) Who is voted chief? Who did he beat?
8) What role does the choir take on?
9) What are the boys trying to figure about the land? What do they find?
10) Why doesn’t Jack kill the piglet?
CHAPTER TWO – FIRE ON THE MOUNTAIN
Vocab
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clamor
exasperation
contemptuous(ly)
nimbly (nimble)
Questions
11) What do the boys compare their stay on the island to?
12) What did the small boy see that he shared with Ralph? What does his vision represent?
13) What does Ralph keep trying to persuade the boys of?
14) What will they do to be visible to ships? What is the problem with this plan? What do they end up using?
15) Why do the boys decide they need rules?
16) How will they keep the fire burning?
17) Why is Piggy upset?
CHAPTER THREE – HUTS ON THE BEACH
Vocab
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furtive
compulsion
audible
gesticulate(d)
Questions
18) Why is Ralph disgruntled at the start of Chapter 3?
19) Besides shelter from rain, why else do the boys need to build shelters?
20) What is the significance of the quote, “He wanted to explain how people were never quite what you though they were?”
(p. 54)
21) What is “the scar” the narrator keeps referring to?
CHAPTER FOUR – PAINTED FACES AND LONG HAIR
Vocab
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dubious
preposterous
grave(ly)
ravenous(ly)
Questions
22) Describe the “littluns” as a group.
23) What does it mean by the “invisible yet strong […] taboo of the old life”?
24) How is Jack’s face paint symbolic of life on the island?
25) What do the boys spot?
26) How does excitement turn to disappointment during the sighting?
27) Instead of keeping the fire, what did the choir boys do?
28) What happens with Jack and Piggy?
29) What do you think Ralph seems irritated at the end of the chapter?
CHAPTER FIVE – BEAST FROM WATER
Vocab
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convulsion
lamentably (lamentable)
solemnity
flourish(ed)
Questions
30) According to what Ralph tells the others, for what purpose is the assembly?
31) What rule does Ralph make about the fire?
32) What does Ralph believe has made them unhappy now?
33) From where does the beast come (according to Percival)?
34) What are the boys missing at the end of the chapter?
CHAPTER SIX – BEAST FROM AIR
Vocab
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festoon
dignity
bristled
obscured
Questions
35) What falls out of the sky and onto the island in the middle of the night?
36) Using inference, what is the beast the twins saw?
CHAPTER SEVEN – SHADOWS AND TALL TREES
Vocab
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mirage
swathed
condemned
curtly
Questions
37) How does the ocean make Ralph feel at the start of the chapter?
38) What do the boys come across at the end of the chapter?
39) Why is Simon crossing the island alone?
CHAPTER EIGHT – GIFT FOR THE DARKNESS
Vocab
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tremulous
derisive
laden
cynicism
Questions
40) How does Ralph describe the beast to Piggy?
41) What does Jack claim about Ralph during his meeting?
42) Why does Jack become embarrassed and run off?
43) What do they decide to do with the fire?
44) What is happening with Ralph and Jack towards the end of the chapter?
CHAPTER NINE – A VIEW TO DEATH
Vocab
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indignity
derision
blunder(ed)
inquisitive
Questions
45) Who or what is the “Lord of the Flies”?
46) What does Simon come across on his journey through the woods? Why does he feel the need to tell the others?
47) What do Ralph and Piggy visit? How does it go?
48) What kind of leader is Jack?
49) What are the hunters chanting? Why?
50) What happens to the Beast as the boys are doing this? What is the irony in their reaction to this event?
51) What happens to Simon? Why do you think the author creates such a nonchalant tone when revealing this?
CHAPTER TEN – THE SHELL AND THE GLASSES
Vocab
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befouled
gesticulating
loathing
torrid
Questions
52) How does Ralph react to the “murder”? How does Piggy react?
53) What does Ralph think about as he’s drifting off to sleep?
54) What did Jack take in their attack? Why do you think he does this?
CHAPTER ELEVEN – CASTLE ROCK
Vocab
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multitudinous
vitality
cessation
weild(ing)
Questions
55) What does Piggy think Ralph has forgotten?
56) Why are Ralph, Piggy, and Samneric going to Jack’s camp (2 reasons)?
57) What happens to Piggy? Who is at fault? How does everyone react to this?
CHAPTER TWELVE – CRY OF THE HUNTERS
Vocab
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inquisitive
loath(ing)
gibber(ing)
goad(ed)
Questions
58) How does Ralph describe the skull of the pig?
59) What are Samneric now doing?
60) What “news” do they share with Ralph?
61) As Ralph is running for the shore, who does he run into?
62) What happened to the island?
Answer 3 of the following responses in paragraph form (attach handwritten or typed essays to packet). Each must be at least one paragraph
(8-10+ sentences). Use the text (quotes or examples) to support your answers.
Essay #1
What does it mean to say that Lord of the Flies is an allegorical novel? What are the important symbols?
Essay #2
Of all the characters, it is Piggy who most often has useful ideas and sees the correct way for the boys to organize themselves. Yet the other
boys rarely listen to him and frequently abuse him. Why do you think this is the case?
Essay #3
Ralph says in Chapter 12 "there was that indefinable connection between himself and Jack; who therefore would never let him alone; never."
What is that connection? How does it develop and what does it signify?
Essay #4
Describe some of the ways the vision of a human "at once heroic and sick" (Chapter 6) is represented in the novel and within the larger
context of history as well. Does Golding prescribe a remedy for the "sickness"?
Essay #5
In E.I. Epstein’s notes at the back of the novel, he claims that “the lord of the flies” is “the central symbol itself” (p. 205). Do you agree that the
lord of the flies, or Beelzebub character, is indeed the most significant symbol in Golding’s book? If not, what is? The conch? Piggy’s glasses?
Explain and defend your claim.
Essay #6
By definition, a dystopia is “a futuristic, imagined universe in which oppressive societal control and the illusion of a perfect society are
maintained through corporate, bureaucratic, technological, moral, or totalitarian control. Dystopias, through an exaggerated worst-case
scenario, make a criticism about a current trend, societal norm, or political system” (ReadWriteThink). How does Lord of the Flies fit this
definition and genre?
Essay #7
Ralph and Jack compete from the beginning, each exhibiting different leadership qualities. Which boy makes the best leader and why? What
gives him power? Contrast the two boys’ leadership styles.