Lord of the Flies Chpt 1-3
What does Ralph say when attempting to put the smaller children at ease about the beastie?
"You couldn't have a beastie, a snake-thing, on an island this size,"...You only get them in big countries, like Africa, or India." "He was dreaming" "But there isn't a beastie!"
What does Jack find Ralph and Simon doing when he returns from the hunt?
Building huts
Why does Ralph think they need shelters?
For the rain and the beasties
What does Simon do for the littluns who follow him into the jungle?
Grabs fruit from the high trees that the little boys can't reach
What does Piggy do as each boy shows up?
He asks them their name and tries to remember it
How do Jack react when the boys find the piglet?
He drew his knife quickly, but paused before stabbing the pig, and it escaped.
Piggy loses his temper and begins to complain about how everyone is behaving on the island. How does Jack reply to Piggy's complaints?
He gets mad and calls him Fatty and then tells him to shut up.
Where does Simon go after the argument between Jack and Ralph?
He goes to a little cabin that he found deep in the woods
What is the first decision Ralph makes as chief?
He lets Jack decide what the choir boys want to do. Which is be the hunters
As jack talks about they pig they saw on their expedition, what does he do that shows his violent nature?
He thrusts his knife into a tree
Who leads the boys into the jungle?
Jack
What does Ralph suggest they do to signal a potential rescue ship?
Make a fire
What reason is given to show that Piggy helped with the fire?
They used his glasses to set a stick on fire
festooned
decorated with a string or garland
indignant
describes being upset over something that is unfair
contrite
feeling sorrow or regret
tacit
it is implied or believed without being spoken aloud
What feeling does Jack experience when hi is hunting alone?
madness
How does Maurice suggest they make smoke?
put green branches on top
furtive
secret or hidden
What weapons does Jack use to hunt the pig?
spear
Ralph complains that nobody is helping to build the shelters. What does Simon suggest that Ralph do about it?
tell them off
What is the name of the boy with fair hair?
Ralph
Who is elected chief?
Ralph
What does Ralph use to call the other boys of the island?
A conch
Is he successful in his hunt?
No
Does Ralph feel that they are creating a good signal fire?
No. He thinks there is not enough smoke
What did they call the fat boy in school?
Piggy
Which three boys explore the island?
Ralph, Jack, and Simon
What are the names of the twins?
Sam and Eric
Jack accuses Piggy of just sitting around while the rest are building a fire. Who defends Piggy?
Simon
What do the boys do when the small boy with the mulberry-colored birthmark reaches out for the conch?
They laugh at him
What is Jack's reason for hunting?
The boys want meat and Jack thought that if he was alone he could kill more easily.
What disastrous thing happens after the boys build a fire?
The forest next to the fire, catches on fire
How to these boys arrive on the island?
Their plane crashed
