Lord of the Flies Review Questions with 100% correct answers.
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LORD OF THE FLIES
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How are Ralph and Piggy different?
Ralph is described as the fair boy with fair hair, and has a good build. Piggy is described as the fat boy, and it is said that he is short, pale, wears glasses, has a button nose, and has asthma.
How the language in the first few paragraphs hint at the st...
Lord of the Flies Review Questions with
100% correct answers
How are Ralph and Piggy different? - answer Ralph is described as the fair boy with fair hair, and
has a good build. Piggy is described as the fat boy, and it is said that he is short, pale, wears
glasses, has a button nose, and has asthma.
How the language in the first few paragraphs hint at the strangeness and terror of the island? -
answer Ralph is surrounded by creeper things and he sees visions of red and yellow, and he
hears witch-like cries, these are all things of something very terrible and strange
What hints are we given about what has happened to the boys? - answer The boys start to talk
about the pilot and the cockpit, and a passenger cabin, these are all things that have to do with
a plane and then Ralph says he sees red and yellow coming out of the plane, so this probably
means they were in some sort of plane crash
What is the 'scar' that is often mentioned at the beginning of the chapter? - answer the
wreckage and damage done to the boys on the island and the island from the plane crash
Who makes the first leadership decisions and what are they? - answer Ralph makes the first
leadership decisions by blowing the conch, forming all the boys together and making an
assembly, he also makes the decisions to have rules and a leader
Between Ralph and Piggy, who is cleverer? Explain your answer. - answer Although Piggy is
weak, he is smarter than Ralph. Piggy is the one who comes up with the idea of using the conch.
When someone blows into the conch it serves as a microphone that can be heard for miles.
Why doesn't Piggy ask for the names of the choirboys? - answer He didn't ask their names
because he was intimidated by the other boys because he is fat and all the other boys are fair.
, What are Jack's reasons for why he should be chief? - answer Jack thought that since he was the
leader of the choir, and can sing a C sharp that he should be chief.
Why is Piggy not considered to be chief? - answer Piggy was very smart, he had lots of ideas
that all had been credited to Ralph. But, the boys didn't want a fat, short boy to be chief.
What reasons are given for why Ralph is voted chief? - answer Ralph is still and calm, he is a fair
boy with a good build, and he is powerful because of the conch
Which word tells us that although Piggy voted for Ralph, he didn't really want to? Why might
this be? - answer When the boys were voting it is stated that everyone raised their hands
immediately when Ralph's name was called, except for Piggy's, but then is says that he too
raised his hand grudgingly in the air.
How does Ralph show leadership skills once he has been made chief? - answer Ralph has the
idea to make sure wherever they are is an island on an journey around the place, he takes Jack
and Simon.
Why is Jack unable to stab the piglet at the end of the chapter? - answer Jack claims that he was
looking for a place to stab it and the pig got away too fast
How does Ralph try to maintain order and a sense of society amongst the boys? - answer Ralph
tells all of the boys what they saw, about the uninhabited island, and the pigs, and how they
need to hunt the pigs, and they were going to use the hands-up method when you want to talk,
because they all can't talk at once. He is trying to keep everyone calm and not panicked.
When the boy with the mulberry-colored birthmark talks about the 'beastie', how do Jack and
Ralph react? - answer Ralph is trying to convince the other boys that there is no beastie and
they are only found in other countries and that the little boy was dreaming.
Jack says that if there is a snake thing, then they would hunt and kill it.
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