Ralph blows the shell and the scattered boys come running to the platform; much later, at Castle Rock, the tribe boos and jeers while Piggy holds it up. What does the conch stand for?

Ralph tells the assembly that smoke matters more than anything else on the island, yet the boys keep drifting off to hunt and swim and the fire keeps dying. What does the signal fire stand for?

Jack points at Piggy and shouts that his specs should be used as burning glasses; the other boys crowd round and Jack snatches the glasses off his face. What do Piggy's spectacles stand for?

Jack's hunters jam a sow's head on a sharpened stick as a gift for the beast. Alone in his clearing, Simon watches the fly-covered head and it seems to speak to him. What does the head stand for?

A man comes down by parachute in the night and lands dead on the mountain-top, and the breeze works his lines so the body bows and lifts. The boys who see him call it the beast. What does this figure show?

Jack works red and white clay and a bar of charcoal onto his face, looks into the pool, sees a stranger there, and begins to dance and laugh. What does the painted mask stand for?

Roger picks up stones and throws them at the littlun Henry, but he throws to miss, keeping a space around the child into which he dare not throw. What does that space stand for?

The novel opens on a long gash torn through the jungle where the boys' plane came down, and it keeps calling that gash the scar. What does the scar suggest about the boys' arrival?

After the night raid, Piggy insists on walking to Castle Rock and asks Ralph to let him carry the conch. Why does he want to be holding it when he faces Jack?

Jack asks the assembly to raise their hands if they want Ralph not to be chief, and not one hand goes up. Why does Jack then walk away and start a tribe of his own?

At the first assembly the boys vote for a chief, and every hand outside the choir goes up for Ralph rather than for Jack. Why do they choose Ralph?

In the last chapter Jack's tribe sets light to the thickets, and by evening the whole island is burning. Why do they do it?

Jack comes down the mountain proud of his first kill, and Ralph will not even look at the pig. Why is Ralph so angry with the hunters that afternoon?

Put these in the order they happen. (1) The hunters let the fire out and a ship passes. (2) Piggy's spectacles are used to light the first fire. (3) The dead parachutist lands on the mountain. (4) Simon is beaten to death in the storm dance.

Put these in the order they happen. (1) Jack walks out of the assembly to start his own tribe. (2) The pig's head is jammed on a stick as a gift for the beast. (3) Samneric report a beast on the mountain. (4) Simon frees the parachutist's lines.

Put these in the order they happen. (1) Piggy is killed by the rock Roger levers down. (2) Jack's tribe raids the shelters at night. (3) Piggy carries the conch up to Castle Rock. (4) A naval officer walks up the beach.

Put these in the order they happen. (1) Ralph is chosen chief. (2) The littlun with the mulberry birthmark is lost in the first fire. (3) Jack's hunters kill their first pig. (4) Roger throws stones at Henry, but throws to miss.

Put these in the order they happen. (1) The first fire burns out of control down the mountain. (2) Ralph blows the conch on the beach. (3) The choir arrives marching in two lines. (4) Piggy spots the shell in the water and says what it is.

"We've got to have rules and obey them. After all, we're not savages." Who says this, holding the conch at an early assembly?

"Fancy thinking the Beast was something you could hunt and kill!" Who says this to Simon in his clearing?

"Kill the pig. Cut her throat. Bash her in." Who chants this on the beach while Maurice pretends to be the pig in the middle of the ring?

Which statement about Simon's death is NOT true?

Which statement about Piggy's spectacles is NOT true?

Which statement about the conch is NOT true?

Which statement about the last chapter is NOT true?