Name
Lord of the Flies
Vocabulary Quiz: Chapters 10-12
compelled
ambush
myopia
quaver
falter
talisman
vegetation
sniveling
liberation
wary
parry
cordon
acrid
elephantine
luminous
Directions: Choose a word from the box above to fill in each blank below.
1. Long after they had broken up, she kept his ring as a kind of
hoping it would bring him back.
2. The demonstrators tried to break through the police
3. The coach
the girls to run five miles every day.
4. Around the
moon, the stars appeared, one by one.
5. On the day of their
, the hostages wept with relief.
6. The lion crept forward and prepared to
the antelope.
7. He pledged he would never
in his dedication to the team.
8. She did her best to
the other girl's insults.
9. The fat man lumbered across the road in an
lO.The rabbits, always listening, were
11 .Her
12."Stop your
of noises.
prevented her from being able to recognize neighbors.
!" cried the exasperated mother.
13. His voice began to
14.There was lots of
dark inside.
manner.
as if he might cry.
around our cabin, and it was cool and
15.Weeks after the fire, the
smell of smoke remained.
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Name
Lord of the Flies
Comprehension Quiz: Chapters 10-12
I. Put the events below in proper sequence (1-10). (2 points each)
Jack and his savages steal Piggy's glasses.
Sam and Eric are captured.
Ralph hides in the forest.
The "fun and games" end with the arrival of the Navy.
Ralph and Piggy convince themselves they had little to do with Simon's death.
Jack starts a fire to smoke out Ralph.
Piggy is killed.
Ralph, Piggy, Sam, and Eric go to Jack's fort to retrieve Piggy's glasses.
Ralph flees in panic, pursued by the savages, running for the beach.
The twins are forced to tell where Ralph is hiding.
II. Match each quote with the character who said it. (2 points each)
A.Jack
B. Piggy
D. naval officer
C. Sam
E. Roger
.11. "They didn't come for the conch. They came for something else."
.12. "He's hunting. And he said we weren't to let you in."
.13. "There isn't a tribe for you any more! The conch is gone—"
.14. "Honest, Ralph, you'd better go."
.15. "Nobody killed, I hope. Any dead bodies?"
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