Lord of the flies
• Point of view (i.e. 1st, 2nd, 3rd person)
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• Types of irony - dramatic, situational, verbal
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• What does Ralph find in the forest to use as a weapon in Chapter 12: "Castle Rock,"
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• What does the officer say drew his crew to the island in Chapter 12: "Castle Rock"?
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• What word is used in Chapter 10: "The Shell and the Glasses" to mean pertaining to the study of religious truth or divinity?
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• Who suggests that the boys use their socks like caps in Chapter 11: "Castle Rock"?
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• How many of the boys raise their hands when Jack demands of them, "Who thinks Ralph oughtn't to be chief?" in Chapter 8:"Gift for the Darkness"?
0
• The first boy that appears after Ralph blows the sounds on the shell is said to be about how old in Chapter 1: The Sound of the Shell?
6
• Furtive
Taken ,done, used, ect., surreptitiously or by stealth; secret
• Which of the littluns has been left "in triumphant possession of the castles" after the others have run off in Chapter 4:"Painted Faces and Long Hair"?
Johnny
• What is Piggy's answer when Ralph asks him in Chapter 1: The Sound of the Shell, "What's your father?"
dead
• Sam and Eric tell Ralph in Chapter 12 : "Cry of the Hunters" that Jack and who plant to hunt him tomorrow?
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• Simile
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• Symbolism
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• The Coral Island: A Tale of the Pacific Ocean was written by what Scottish author?
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• Theme
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• What is Jack described as wearing at his waist in the end of Chapter 12: "Castle Rock"?
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• What is the first tactic that Jack's tribe uses to flush Ralph from the thicket in Chapter 12: "Castle Rock"?
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• What is the name of the littlun that first approaches the naval officer in Chapter 12: "Castle Rock,"
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• What is the second tactic used by Jack's tribe to flush Ralph from the thicket in Chapter 12: "Castle Rock,"
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• What lies on the ground behind Jack and his hunters when they emerge from the forest toward Ralph, Piggy, and the twins, in Chapter 11: "Castle Rock,"?
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• When Ralph looks back to Castle Rock from the forest in the beginning of Chapter 12: "Cry of the Hunters," who does he see "sitting on guard at the top of the cliff" with "a spear in his left hand and tossing up a pebble and catching it again with the right"?
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• Who calls to Ralph and the others as they approach Jack's fortress in Chapter 11: "Castle Rock," saying "Halt! Who goes there?"
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• Who does Jack order his tribe to capture and tie up in Chapter 11: "Castle Rock"?
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• Who does Piggy say was murdered in Chapter 11: "Castle Rock"?
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• Who pulls the lever that drops the boulder, killing Piggy, in Chapter 11: "Castle Rock"?
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• Who responds when Ralph asks where Jack is in Chapter 11: "Castle Rock," saying "He's hunting and he said we weren't to let you in"?
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• Who says at the suggestion of going to Castle Rock to talk to Jack about Piggy's glasses, "We ought to take spears," in Chapter 11: "Castle Rock"?
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how old is Ralph said to be in Chapter 1: The Sound of the Shell?
12
• Piggy tells Ralph in Chapter 1: "The Sound of the Shell," that he's worn glasses since he was how old?
3
How many of the boys does Ralph say built the second shelter in Chapter 5:"Beast from Water"?
4
• How old does Ralph say he was when his father taught him to swim in Chapter 1: The Sound of the Shell?
5
As the big boys set out to hunt down the beast in Chapter 6:"Beast from Air," the narrator states, "This day promised, like the others, to be a sunbath under" what?
A blue dome
• In Chapter 10: "The Shell and the Glasses," Ralph claims that what happened during the ritual was murder. What does Piggy desperately claim it was instead?
An accident
• The narrator says in Chapter 4:"Painted Faces and Long Hair," "At midday the illusions merged into the sky and there the sun gazed down like" what?
An angry eye
Of the boys on the island, the narrator says in the beginning of Chapter 4:"Painted Faces and Long Hair," "They accepted the pleasures of morning, the bright sun, the whelming sea and sweet air, as a time when play was good and life so full that" what "was not necessary and therefore forgotten"?
rescue
• Illusion
something that deceives by producing a false or misleading impression of reality.
• What weapons have Jack and the choir boys devised for hunting game on the island in Chapter 3:"Huts on the Beach"?
spears
What word does Ralph use in referring to a bath in the beginning of Chapter 7:"Shadows and Tall Trees"?
wallow
• Propitiate
To make favorably inclined, appease
• Gesticulate
To make or use gestures, especially in an animated or excited manner with or instead of speech
• In the reenactment of the pig killing in Chapter 8:"Gift for the Darkness," who portrays the sow?
Maurice
• Which of the boys had, in his "other life," received chastisement for filling a younger eye with sand," according to the narrator in Chapter 4:"Painted Faces and Long Hair"?
Maurice
• Who acts as Ralph's witness that he hit the boar with the spear in Chapter 7:"Shadows and Tall Trees," saying "I saw you; right bang on his snout""Wheee!"?
Maurice
• Who performs clownishly at the assembly in order to make the littluns stop wailing in Chapter 5:"Beast from Water"?
Maurice
• Who suggests that the boys need a drum after the pig-killing ritual in Chapter 7:"Shadows and Tall Trees"?
Maurice
Which of the boys pick up and carry the pig after the kill in Chapter 8:"Gift for the Darkness"?
Maurice and Robert
• Which of the boys volunteer to go along with Jack to steal fire from the other camp that night in Chapter 10: "The Shell and the Glasses"?
Maurice and Roger
• The members of the choir have adjusted their choir hats to resemble what, in Chapter 2:"Fire on the Mountain"?
berets
What color hair is Simon said to have in Chapter 3:"Huts on the Beach"?
black
• How are the hunters able to find the wounded sow in Chapter 8:"Gift for the Darkness"?
by her drops of blood
• What suggestion does Simon make when he takes the shell at the meeting in Chapter 8:"Gift for the Darkness"?
climb the mountain
• Opulent
Ostentatiously rich and luxurious or lavish
What ocean is described as surrounding the island in Chapter 4:"Painted Faces and Long Hair"?
Pacific
• What does Piggy say Sam and Eric are doing when Ralph arrives at the camp in the beginning of Chapter 10: The Shell and the Glasses"?
collecting wood
• One of the rules that Ralph establishes at the meeting in Chapter 2:"Fire on the Mountain" is that no one may speak at the meetings unless he is holding what?
conch
• What kind of shell do Ralph and Piggy discover on the beach in Chapter 1: The Sound of the Shell?
conch
What is the name of the littlun that the narrator describes crawling into a shelter and staying there for two days, "talking, singing, and crying, till they thought him batty and were faintly amused" in Chapter 4:"Painted Faces and Long Hair"?
Percival
• Which of the littluns had run off crying after getting sand in his eye in Chapter 4:"Painted Faces and Long Hair"?
Percival
• What is Percival's full name that he states in Chapter 5:"Beast from Water"?
Percival Wemys Madison
• What is the name of the littlun that first steps forward to talk about the beast during the assembly in Chapter 5:"Beast from Water"?
Phil
• As Ralph prepares for the assembly in Chapter 5:"Beast from Water," he considers to himself, "I can't think 'Not like'" whom?
Piggy
• Jack claims at the meeting in the beginning of Chapter 8:"Gift for the Darkness" that Ralph "says things like" whom?
Piggy
• Who is back at the shelters with the littluns as the other boys are on the hunt for the beast in Chapter 7:"Shadows and Tall Trees"?
Piggy
• Who is the only boy who does not help gather firewood in Chapter 2:"Fire on the Mountain"?
Piggy
• Who suggests at the impromptu meeting in Chapter 6:"Beast from Air," "Couldn't we "kind of" stay here? Maybe the beast won't come near us"?
Piggy
• What kinds of wild animals have the boys discovered living on the island in Chapter 2:"Fire on the Mountain"?
Pigs
Who picks up Percival and carries him to a shelter in the beginning of Chapter 6:"Beast from Air"?
Ralph and Simon
• Luxuriance
Rich abundance; lushness
When the boys reenact the battle for the boar in Chapter 7:"Shadows and Tall Trees," which of the boys portrays the boar?
Robert
• Who cuts his knee quite badly as the boys move along the rocks of the shoreline in Chapter 7:"Shadows and Tall Trees"?
Robert
• Who stops Roger as he approaches the Castle Rock, saying "Halt! Who goes there?" in Chapter 10: The Shell and the Glasses"?
Robert
Which of the older boys leads the way through the sand castles, kicking them over and laughing, in Chapter 4:"Painted Faces and Long Hair"?
Roger
Who asks Jack as he disembowels the pig, "How can we make a fire?" in Chapter 8:"Gift for the Darkness"?
Roger
• In the reenactment of the killing of the pig in Chapter 8:"Gift for the Darkness," who portrays the killer?
Roger
• When the boys are trying to figure out how to light a fire in Chapter 2:"Fire on the Mountain," who says, "You make a bow and spin the arrow"?
Roger
• Who portrays the pig in the ritual dance after the feast in Chapter 9:"A View to a Death"?
Roger
• Who suggests that the boys hold a vote for the chief in Chapter 1: The Sound of the Shell?
Roger
• What are the names of the twins that appear on the beach in Chapter 1: The Sound of the Shell?
Sam and Eric
• Which of the boys are thoughtful enough to bring leaves for the signal fire in Chapter 2:"Fire on the Mountain"?
Samneric
• Who does Ralph say will be guarding the fire that night during the assembly in Chapter 5:"Beast from Water"? Samneric
Samneric
Who agrees to go back through the forest to the shelters and the littluns as the other boys head toward the mountain in Chapter 7:"Shadows and Tall Trees"?
Simon
• Which of the boys is killed during the ritual in Chapter 9:"A View to a Death"?
Simon
• Who is the only boy that is helping Ralph build the shelters in Chapter 3:"Huts on the Beach"?
Simon
• Who stands up at the assembly and claims he was alone in the forest at night in Chapter 5:"Beast from Water"?
Simon
• Who, in addition to Piggy, tries to convince Ralph not to give up his position as chief at the end of Chapter 5:"Beast from Water"?
Simon
• Which boy interrupts Jack when he is talking about the beast appearing in disguise to say, "But didn't we, didn't we--?" in Chapter 10: "The Shell and the Glasses"?
Stanley
What word used in Chapter 3:"Huts on the Beach" is an adjective indicating that something is under the surface? Submerge
Submerge
In Chapter 3:"Huts on the Beach," the narrator states, "The silence of the forest was more oppressive than" what? The heat
The heat
• Pontificate
The office or term of office of a pontiff
• Ralph wheels on the hunters during the assembly in Chapter 5:"Beast from Water" and says "You can laugh! But I tell you the smoke is more important than" what?
The pig
• Ebullience
The quality of being cheerful and full of energy, exuberance
• It is revealed to Roger in Chapter 10: The Shell and the Glasses" that Jack got angry at what boy and had him tied up so that he can be beaten?
Wilfred
• When does Piggy surmise the war will be over when he speaks at the assembly in Chapter 5:"Beast from Water"?
a year or 2
• What physical ailment does Piggy say he suffers from in Chapter 1: The Sound of the Shell?
asthma
• What does Ralph tell Piggy is "The only thing to do" in Chapter 9:"A View to a Death"? bathing
bathing
• When the choir assumes guardianship of the fire, what group within them is assigned fire-duty during the first week in Chapter 2:"Fire on the Mountain"?
the hunters
• What does Simon discover "The beast" to actually be in Chapter 9:"A View to a Death"?
the man with the parachute
• Which "littlun" is unaccounted for at the end of Chapter 2:"Fire on the Mountain"?
the one with the mulberry mark
What is impaled on the stick that is referred as The Lord of the Flies" in Chapter 9:"A View to a Death"?
the pig head
• Ralph tells Piggy in Chapter 10: "The Shell and the Glasses," "I'm frightened Of" what?
us
• The narrator notes when the feast begins to die down in Chapter 9:"A View to a Death," "Evening was come, not with calm beauty but with" what?
violence
• What does Jack ask Ralph for when he arrives at the camp in Chapter 3:"Huts on the Beach"?
water
One of the twins asks the other if he remembers what character from school in Chapter 6:"Beast from Air"?
waxy
• What colors of face paint is Jack described as wearing in Chapter 10: The Shell and the Glasses"?
white and red
• What does Simon whisper to Ralph as Ralph sits engulfed in staring at the sea in Chapter 7:"Shadows and Tall Trees"?
you'll get back to where you came from
• Who says that the boys can't go start a fire on the mountain because they don't have the spectacles in Chapter 7:"Shadows and Tall Trees"?
jack
Who are described as, "The smallest boys on the island" in Chapter 4:"Painted Faces and Long Hair"?
littluns
• Diffident
modest or shy because of lack of self confidence
• What color is the birthmark described as on the young boy who steps forward at the meeting in Chapter 2:"Fire on the Mountain"?
mulberry
• What color are the pig droppings that Jack finds in the forest in Chapter 3:"Huts on the Beach"?
olive green
• Piggy suggests to the boys that they rebuild the fire where, in Chapter 8:"Gift for the Darkness"?
on the rocks by the bathing pool
Who is described in Chapter 4:"Painted Faces and Long Hair" as "The only boy on the island whose hair never seemed to grow"?
piggy
• Who lights the new fire in Chapter 8:"Gift for the Darkness"?
piggy
What color is the cliff of rock that forms the side of the castle described as in Chapter 6:"Beast from Air"?
pink
Ralph lies in the shelter dreaming of feeding what farm animals when Sam and Eric arrive in Chapter 6:"Beast from Air"?
ponies
• Piggy says as they relight the fire in Chapter 10: "The Shell and the Glasses," "If only we could make a" what?
radio
• What color is Jack Merridew's hair in the novel?
red
The "half-cave" that Ralph and Jack encounter while looking for the beast is said to contain "nothing more terrible than a clutch of" what, in Chapter 6:"Beast from Air"?
rotten eggs
• When Ralph and Piggy arrive at the feast in Chapter 9:"A View to a Death," which of the boys, "thinking that Ralph had turned to him accusingly, put down his gnawed bone with a nervous giggle"?
sam
During Piggy's speech at the podium during the assembly he declares that "Life is" what, in Chapter 5:"Beast from Water"?
scientific
• What literary technique is used in the following sentence from Chapter 4:"Painted Faces and Long Hair"? "When the sun sank, darkness dropped on the island like an extinguisher "
simile
• The narrator states in Chapter 8:"Gift for the Darkness," The greatest ideas are the" what?
simplest
• What does the boy with the birthmark first call "The beastie" in Chapter 2:"Fire on the Mountain"?
snake-thing
• Mirage
something illusory, without substance or reality
• When Jack arrives at the huts, Ralph says that his hunters have been back at camp hours ago and have been doing what, in Chapter 3:"Huts on the Beach"?
swimming
• What does Jack say "doesn't count at this end of the island" in Chapter 9:"A View to a Death"?
the conch
• Onomatopoeia
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• Personification
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Setting
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What does Simon say when he first speaks aloud in the jungle in Chapter 9:"A View to a Death"? What else is there to do?
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What is Ralph said to be laying in at the beginning of Chapter 12: "Cry of the Hunters"?
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What word used in Chapter 7:"Shadows and Tall Trees" refers to the quality of being dulled or rounded at the extremity?
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• Allusion/Religious Allusion
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• As Ralph drifts to sleep in Chapter 10: "The Shell and the Glasses," he imagines to himself, "Supposing they could be transported home by jet, then before morning they would land at that big airfield" where?
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• As Ralph's remaining tribe heads toward Jack's fortress in Chapter 11: "Castle Rock," the narrator says, "Behind [Ralph] came the twins, worried now for a while but full of" what?
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• Assonance
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• By what name does Ralph refer to Jack's followers in Chapter 10: "The Shell and the Glasses"?
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• Foreshadowing
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• How many feet down does Piggy fall when he is hit by the rock in Chapter 11: "Castle Rock"?
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• Imagery
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• In Chapter 11: "Castle Rock," the narrator says, "There was no sign left of the storm, and the beach was swept clean like a blade that has been scoured" What literary technique is used in this sentence?
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• In the end of Chapter 12: "Cry of the Hunters," Ralph is said to weep for "The end of innocence, the darkness of man's heart," and for the death of what "true, wise friend"?
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• In the ending of Chapter 12: "Cry of the Hunters," the narrator notes that when the children all begin weeping, the officer, surrounded by these noises, was moved and a little" what?
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• Inference
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• Interrogation
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• Literary allusion
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• Piggy asks the crowd of boys during the showdown in Chapter 11: "Castle Rock," "Which is better""to have rules and agree, or" what?
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• Prediction
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• Ralph says to the boys in Chapter 11: "Castle Rock" that when they approach Jack's camp "we won't be painted because we aren't" what?
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• Vicissitude
A change of circumstance or fore. Typically one that is unwelcome or unpleasant
• Declivity
A downward slope; as of ground
• Prefect
A person pointed to any of various positions of command, authority
The word "leviathan" that is used in Chapter 6:"Beast from Air" refers to what?
A sea monster
Of the twins, the narrator says in Chapter 6:"Beast from Air" that "they could never manage to do things sensibly if that meant" what?
Acting independently
• Belligerence
Aggressive or warlike behavior
• What color eyes is Jack said to have in Chapter 3:"Huts on the Beach"? Why is this significant (i.e. important to note)?
Bright blue and mad
What does the British slang word "Wizzard," mean?
Awesome, cool
• Which of the boys comes up to Ralph at the castle to ask in Chapter 6:"Beast from Air," "Why can't we stay here for a bit?"
Bill
• Who asks Jack in Chapter 10: "The Shell and the Glasses," "What'll we use for lighting the fire"?
Bill
• Who slaps Johnny when he bursts into tears during the impromptu meeting the morning after the beast has been spotted in Chapter 6:"Beast from Air"?
Bill
• What are the boys from the choir wearing when they arrive on the beach in Chapter 1: The Sound of the Shell?
Black cloaks and caps
• What kind of store does Piggy say his auntie used to run in Chapter 1: The Sound of the Shell?
Candy shop
• Ralph tells Piggy in Chapter 1: The Sound of the Shell that his father holds what position?
Commander in the navy
• Demented
Crazy, Insane, mad
In the beginning of Chapter 7:"Shadows and Tall Trees," Ralph wishes that he had a pair of scissors to do what?
Cut his hair
• Reverence
Deep respect for someone or something
In Ralph's memory in Chapter 7:"Shadows and Tall Trees," he recalls following his father from Chatham to where?
Devonport
• Where are the boys in Lord of the Flies from originally?
England
• After the ritual in Chapter 9:"A View to a Death," the narrator says, "Along the shoreward edge of the shallows the advancing clearness was full of strange, moonbeam-bodied creatures with" what?
Fiery eyes
• What does Simon hand to the littluns after they've followed him into the forest in Chapter 3:"Huts on the Beach"?
Fruit
Which of the littluns does Roger follow to the beach and begin throwing stones at in Chapter 4:"Painted Faces and Long Hair"?
Henry
• Of the three littluns that are described together playing by the sandcastles in Chapter 4:"Painted Faces and Long Hair," who is described as, "The biggest of them"?
Henry
• Who obeys when Jack orders "Give me a drink" after he's eaten at the feast in Chapter 9:"A View to a Death"?
Henry
• Who cuts the sow's neck with a knife in Chapter 8:"Gift for the Darkness"?
Jack
• Who leads the boys to the mountaintop in order to begin building a signal fire in Chapter 2:"Fire on the Mountain"?
Jack
• Who suggests the boys use Piggy's glasses to start the fire in Chapter 2:"Fire on the Mountain"?
Jack
• What is the name of the first little boy that arrives from the jungle when Ralph blows on the shell in Chapter 1: The Sound of the Shell? Johnny
Johnny
As Simon attempts to speak during the assembly in Chapter 5:"Beast from Water," the narrator states, "Simon became inarticulate in his effort to express mankind's essential" what?
illness
• Myopia
Near sightedness
• Jack tells his hunters at the meeting in the beginning of Chapter 8:"Gift for the Darkness" that Ralph said they are all what?
No good
• Obtuseness
Not quick or alert in perception, feeling, or intellect; not sensitive, dull
• Theological
Of, relating to, or involved with theology
• The narrator says of Ralph in the beginning of Chapter 5:"Beast from Water," "He found himself understanding the wearisomeness of this life, where every path was an improvisation and a considerable part of one's waking life was spent watching" what?
Ones feet
• Interminable
endless
What ailment does Simon seemingly suffer from?
fainting
• What happens to the body of the boy who is killed during the ritual in Chapter 9:"A View to a Death"?
floated into sea
What do the twins and Piggy bring back to Ralph from the forest in Chapter 8:"Gift for the Darkness"?
fruit
• Where does the narrator say a great scab had formed on Ralph in the opening of Chapter 10: The Shell and the Glasses"?
his right knee
• What part of his body gives Simon frequent pain as he makes his way through the jungle in Chapter 9:"A View to a Death"? his tongue
his tongue
