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LordoftheFliesChapter1StudyGuide
1.Howdotheboysenduponthejungleisland?
2.DescribeRalph'sphysicalfeaturesandalsohisreactiontobeingontheisland.Listatleastthree
attributes.
3.DescribePiggy'sphysicalfeaturesandalsohisreactiontobeingontheisland.Listatleastthree
attributes.
4.HowdoesRalphrespondtoPiggy'spracticalsuggestionstohaveameeting?
5.HowdoesRalphthinktheywillberescued?
6.WhathasPiggyoverheadthepilotsaying?
7.HowdoesRalphattracttheotherboysontheisland?Whatdoeshedo?
8.Howdotheyoungerboysactwhentheygetthere?
9.DescribethewayJackandhisbandofchoirboyslookastheycometowardtheassembledgroup.Listat
least3attributes.
10.HowdoesJacktreattheothers?
11.Whatconflictsoonarises?Howisitsolved?
12.WhatdoesRalphdotomakeJackfeelbetter?Whatiscompromised?
13.WhatisthepurposeoftheexpeditionofJack,Ralph,andSimon?
14.HowdoesSimondescribetheunusualbudsonthebushes?
15.Whyhasn’tJackbeenabletokillthepig?
LordoftheFliesChapter2StudyGuide
1.Whatruleconcerningtheconchismade?
2.TowhatdoesPiggyattempttocallthegroup'sattention?
3.Howdoesthetalkofthe"beasties"affecttheboys?
4.Atthistime,Ralphsaystheboysappeartohavetwogoals.Whatarethey?
5.HowdoesthegroupreacttoRalph'ssuggestionthattheybuildafire?HowdoesPiggydescribetheir
actions?
6.HowdoesPiggytreatasmallboy?WhatdoesthattellusaboutPiggy?
7.Howdotheymanagetostartthefire?
8.WhatresponsibilityhasJacktakenonforhischoir?
9.Whatgoeswrong?Doyouseeanysymbolismhere?Whatisgoingonintheadultworldatthetime?
10.Whoismissing?
LordoftheFliesChapter3StudyGuide
1.WithwhatisJackpreoccupied?
2.WhatcomplaintsdoesRalphhave?Whathashenoticedaboutpeople?
3.Howarethelittluns?
4.Explainthelove-haterelationshipbetweenJackandRalph.
5.WherehasSimongone,andwhatdoeshedothere?
6.WhatmightSimonrepresent?
LordoftheFliesChapter4StudyGuide
1.Whatstrangethingshappenatmid-day?
2.Howdothelittlunsspendtheirday?
3.InwhatwaysdoesRogerseemcruel?
4.WhatisHenrydoingwhileRogerwatcheshim?
5.WhatdoesitmeanwhenRogerfeltthe"taboooftheoldlife?"Also,whatdoesitmeanwhenJack
approachedRoger"adarkershadowcreptbeneath[Roger's]skin."WhateffectdoesJackhaveonRoger?
6.DescribethetransformationthattakesplaceafterJackpaintshisface.Themaskservesafewpurposes.
Listthem.
7.WhatdoesRalphdiscoverthatupsetshimgreatly?
8.Whatdothehunterschant?
9.HowdoesJack'sattackonPiggyandthebreakingofoneofthelensesinhisspectaclessymbolizethe
degenerationofthegroup?
10.WhofindsPiggy'sspectaclesforhim?
LordoftheFliesChapter5StudyGuide
1.WhatdoesRalphrealizeisnecessaryinordertobealeader?
2.Whatruleshavebeenignored?Listatleastthree.
3.WhatdoesitmeanwhenRalphreferstothelittlunsas"takenshort"?Whatdoesthisshowabouttheir
behavior?
4.WhatrulesdoesRalphmakeregardingfires?
5.Alittlunsaysheseessomethingmovinginthejungleatnight.Who/whatisit?
6.HowdoesJackexplainthebeast?
7.WhyarerulesimportanttoRalph?Hint:TheanswerissomethingRalphsays.
8.Besuretoanswerallpartsofthisquestion:WhatdoesSimonmeanwhenhesays,"WhatImeanis
maybeit'sonlyus.Wecouldbesortof"Besuretoreadthenextlineinthebook.Whatdoyouthink
"Mankind'sessentialillness"is?Whydoesheask,"Whatisthedirtiestthingthereis?"
9.Whydoesn'tRalphblowtheconchwhenthemeetingdissolvesintochaos?
10.Attheendofthechapter,forwhatdoesRalphwish?
LordoftheFliesChapter6StudyGuide
1.Ironically,whatRalphwishesforcomestrue.Whathappens?Whyistheanswertohiswish
depressinglyironic?
2.WhatdoSimonandEricclaimtheyhaveseenonthemountaintop?Howdotheydescribeit?
3.WhatdoesJacksayabouttheconch?
4.Howhasthesignificanceoftheconchchanged?
5.WhenSimonthinksofthebeast,whatpicturecomestohismind?
6.Astheboyssearchtheisland,wholeadsthegroupwhentheygettotheledge?
7.WhatstrangethingdoesRalphnoticeastheboysareplayingaroundtherollingrocks?
LordoftheFliesChapter7StudyGuide
1.WhathasRalphcometoacceptasnormal?
2.WhyareRalph'sfingernailsbitten?WhatisRalphinsinuatingwhenhesays,"besuckingmythumb
next?"
3.Howdothetwodifferentsidesoftheislandaffecthishopesforrescue?
4.WhatpredictiondoesSimonmake?
5.Noticethecompletereversalofmood.WhathappenstoRalphasheparticipatesinhisfirsthunt?
6.Describewhatyouwouldshowifyouwerefilmingthescenewheretheboysreactthehunt.Howdo
youthinkRobertfeelsduringthisritual?
7.WhydoesSimongooffalone?
8.WhatdoRalph,Roger,andJackfindatthetopofthehill?Dotheyrealizewhatitis?Doyouthinkthe
storywouldbebetterifthereaderdidn'tknowwhatitis?
LordoftheFliesChapter8StudyGuide
1.Explaintheexchangeofpoweratthebeginningofchaptereight.
2.WhatdoesSimonsuggest?
3.HowdoesPiggychange?
4.WhydotheboysplanonraidingRalph'scamp?
5.WhathappenswhenSimongoesbackintothewoods?
6.Whatdoyouthinkheactuallyseesandtalksto?
LordoftheFliesChapters9and10StudyGuide
1. Describe how Jack and the hunters change. List several qualities.
2. List in order what happens to Simon. Try to picture it in your mind.
3. Ralph sums up who the fearful beast is. "I'm frightened. Of us. I want to go home. Oh God, I want to go
home." Why is Ralph so afraid at this point?
4. Why do you think Piggy, Ralph, Sam and Eric deny being at the "dance?"
5. Why does Jack deny that the beast is dead?
LordoftheFliesChapter11StudyGuide
1. Why does Ralph think "dressing like they were" would assist them in dealing with Jack?
2. How does the contrast of the paint and smoke symbolize the two forces that are motivating the boys?
3. How does Golding subtly begin to portray Jack's group as heathen?
4. Why were the boys so scared of the war paint?
5. Why does Ralph not want to tie his hair back?
6. Describe what happens when Ralph and Jack confront each other about Piggy's glasses.
7. What happens to Piggy and the conch? List the events.
LordoftheFliesChapter12StudyGuide
1. What does it mean (and who was the character) when Golding writes, "whose image refused to blend with
that ancient picture of a boy in shorts and shirt”?
2. Why is it ironic as to why the boys were being evacuated from their homes in the first place?
3. What information does Ralph get from Sam and Eric?
4. What does it mean when "Roger sharpened a stick at both ends"?
5. Explain Ralph's actions when he faces the Lord of the Flies?
6. How does Ralph avoid being killed? What are his strategies?