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Lord of the Flies
Chapter 9 Questions
1. What does Simon discover at the beginning of chapter 9?
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2. Describe Jack’s appearance and personality on p132-134.
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3. What phrase do the boys add to their chant on p136? Where has this been mentioned before?
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4. What are some of the specific details used to describe what happened to Simon’s body at the
very end of the chapter? (Please use text evidence to support your answer.)
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5. What is the weather like during this chapter? How does that contribute to the tone/mood of
the scene? How does Golding use the external environment to escalate the suspense and
terror? (Please use text evidence to support your answer.)
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6. Think about LotF as a religious/Christian allegory. Looking back over the novel, how is
Simon portrayed as a Christ figure? Give specific examples. How does his death continue
that symbolism? (Please use text evidence to support your answer.)
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Lord of the Flies
Chapter 10 Questions
1. How do Ralph and Piggy each respond to Simon’s death?
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2. What happens to Wilfred?
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3. What keeps happening to Ralph on p146 as he tries to lead the others?
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4. What was ironic/funny about the fight in the dark on p149-150?
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5. After the opening discussion Piggy and Ralph have about Simon’s death, does your opinion of
these characters change at all? Have they changed like Jack and Roger or are they still
civilized and “good”? (Please use text evidence to support your answer.)
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6. What is significant about Jack’s methods as a leader? How does he manipulate the other
boys? Why do you think the other boys follow him? (Please use text evidence to support your
answer.)
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7. Why was Piggy so scared Jack wanted the conch? Why is that ironic?
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Lord of the Flies
Chapter 11 Questions
1. On p155, how does Ralph want them to present themselves when they go to ask Jack to
return Piggy’s glasses?
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2. Who never forgets their purpose in going to see Jack? Who needs to be reminded?
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3. How has the face paint changed the boys in Jack’s tribe?
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4. Describe what happens to Piggy. Be specific using text evidence.
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5. What do we assume happens to Samneric at the end of the chapter?
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6. Do you think Ralph’s a good leader or not? Why? What are his good qualities and what are
his weaker ones? How do we see those in Chapter 11?
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7. Why is Piggy’s death symbolic? What happens to the conch? What might that represent?
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Lord of the Flies
Chapter 12 Questions
1. What does Ralph do to the Lord of the Flies?
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2. What are Samneric doing in this chapter?
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3. What is the significance of Roger “sharpening a stick at both ends”? What do Samneric say
about him?
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4. When Ralph is being hunted, he has 3 strategies. What are they? Which does he choose?
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5. How are the boys rescued? Why is this ironic?
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6. How do the boys appear to the naval officer? What does he ask them? How do they act here
at the end?
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7. How do you think you would respond in this situation? Which character do you think you’d
be most like? Do you think that you personally have an innate sense of evil that would be
revealed if civilization and society didn’t stop you?
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