LOFTF - chapter questions booklet by Mr K

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e h t _ f o Lord_ Flies By William Golding

CHAPTER QUESTIONS

C h ap t e r 1 “The sound of the shell”

1. What are "the fat boy" and "the fair boy's" main concerns? ________________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________________ 2. Why is "the fat boy" proud that he has asthma? ________________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________________ 3. What do the boys think they should make? ________________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________________ 4. What doesn't "the fat boy" want to be called? ________________________________________________________________________________ 5. What does Ralph's dad do for a living? ________________________________________________________________________________ 6. Who is going to rescue them? ________________________________________________________________________________ 7. What do the boys use as a symbol of authority in the society they form? ________________________________________________________________________________ 8. What prevents Piggy from being the natural leader? ________________________________________________________________________________ 1

9. What happens when Ralph blows on the conch? ________________________________________________________________________________ 10. How do the boys know to sit down? ________________________________________________________________________________ 11. Why does Piggy want Ralph in charge? ________________________________________________________________________________ 12. Describe the power struggle between Jack and Ralph when they are choosing a chief. ________________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________________ 13. How does Ralph win? ________________________________________________________________________________ 14. Who would you have chosen and why? ________________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________________ 15. Why does Ralph respect Jack more than Piggy? ________________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________________

C h ap t e r 2 “Fire on the mountain”

________________________________________________________________________________ 1. What are the differences between the first and second meeting? ________________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________________ 2. Why does Jack say they need hunters? ________________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________________ 3. What is the first rule that Ralph makes? ________________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________________ 4. How does Ralph describe the island? ________________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________________ 5. What does a little one think he has seen in the forest? ________________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________________ 6. What is Jack's response? ________________________________________________________________________________ 7. What is Ralph's response? ________________________________________________________________________________

Â 8. What differences are shown between Piggy and Jack when Ralph speaks about his father and the Queen? ________________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________________ 9. Why do the boys want to make a fire? ________________________________________________________________________________ 10. How do they light the fire? ________________________________________________________________________________ 11. Why do the rules change on the top of the mountain? ________________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________________ 12. What is Ralph more concerned about, smoke or fire? Why? ________________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________________ 13. What does it mean if the conch is present? ________________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________________ 14. What does Jack decide the hunters will be responsible for other than hunting? ________________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________________

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C h ap t e r 3 “Huts on the beach”

1. What does the description of Jack at the start of the chapter reveal about him character? ________________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________________ 2. Who is building the shelters? ________________________________________________________________________________ 3. What does this reveal about Simon's character? ________________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________________ 4. Why is Ralph so angry? ________________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________________ 5. Why does Jack say that the hunters are excused from building shelters? ________________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________________ 6. Have the hunters killed anything yet? ________________________________________________________________________________ 7. What are ‘littleuns’ acting like? ________________________________________________________________________________

Â 8. What is the most important thing? ________________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________________ 9. What would Jack like to do before this happens? ________________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________________ 10. Ralph and Jack have very different frustrations. Ralph is responsible for the whole group; Jack is responsible for himself. How does this make them different? ________________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________________ 11. What does the final description of Simon reveal about him? ________________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________________ 12. Which job on the island do you think is most important? Why? ________________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________________

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C h ap t e r 4 “Painted faces & Long Hair”

1. What were the smaller boys know as? ________________________________________________________________________________ 2. Who is Henry? ________________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________________ 3. What do Maurice and Roger do to the castles? ________________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________________ 4. Why does Maurice run away? ________________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________________ 5. Why does Henry get excited when he is in control of living things? ________________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________________ 6. Why does Roger throw the stones near the littleun instead of directly at him? ________________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________________

Â 7. What will Jack's painted face allow him to do? ________________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________________ 8. What is the boy's response when they see the smoke in the distance? ________________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________________ 9. Why does the boy's plan for rescue fail? ________________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________________ 10. What caused the hunters, who had promised to keep the fire burning, to neglect it? ________________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________________ 11. Even if the boys hate Piggy, why do they still need him? ________________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________________ 12. What are Jack and his hunters chanting? ________________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________________ 13. What does Jack have memories of? ________________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________________

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C h ap t e r 5 “Beast from water”

1. What does Ralph need to think about at the start of the chapter? ________________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________________ 2. What must the meeting not be? ________________________________________________________________________________ 3. Describe the assembly place? ________________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________________ 4. What was the trouble with being chief? ________________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________________ 5. What is Piggy better at than Ralph? ________________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________________ 6. What did they decide about the water? ________________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________________ 7. Why is one of the shelters not built as strongly as the others? ________________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________________ 9

Â 8. What is the most important thing on the island to Ralph? ________________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________________ 9. Compare Jack and Piggy's perceptions of the beast. ________________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________________ 10. What does Maurice trying to make the littleuns laugh reveal about him? ________________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________________ 11. Where do the litteuns think the beast comes from? ________________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________________ 12. What does Simon think about the beast? ________________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________________ 13. Why doesn't Jack think Ralph is a good chief? ________________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________________ 14. Why can't Jack hurt Ralph? ________________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________________ Â 10

C h ap t e r 6 “Beast from air”

1. What does the wind carry to the top of the mountain? ________________________________________________________________________________ 2. Why were the twins sleeping at the same time? ________________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________________ 3. What are the twins relived about? ________________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________________ 4. What do the boys think they see? ________________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________________ 5. Why do Ralph and Jack decide to go find the beast? ________________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________________ 6. Why is Piggy left behind? ________________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________________ 7. Ralph tells says Jack is a hunter, but he is chief, so he'll go. Why should the chief go before the hunters? ________________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________________ 11

8. Why doesn't Ralph expect to meet a beast? ________________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________________ 9. Why couldn't Jack let Ralph go up the mountain alone? ________________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________________ 10. Is Jack worried more about the beast or envious of Ralph? ________________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________________ 11. Why does Ralph insist they go to the mountain? ________________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________________ 12. Why are the rest of boys so easily distracted? ________________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________________

C h ap t e r 7 “Shadows & Tall Trees”

1. Why is the meal now an "easy meal?" How is this different from previous meals? ________________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________________ 2. Why does Golding ramble about the scenery and the rise and fall of the ocean? ________________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________________ 3. Why is the chief becoming more important than a hunter? ________________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________________ 4. Why is Ralph angry about the books he's read? ________________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________________ 5. How does Ralph react when the boar comes charging down the path? ________________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________________ 6. How do the boys react to Ralph's actions? ________________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________________ 7. What does this scene reveal about Ralph? ________________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________________ 13

8. What does Jack want to use instead of a pig in their circle dance? ________________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________________ 9. Why does Jack become so angry when Ralph shows he is worried about Piggy? ________________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________________ 10. Why does Jack insist on going to the mountain? ________________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________________ 11. Why does Ralph go with him? ________________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________________ 12. Who goes with them? Why? ________________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________________ 13. Do you think Jack and Ralph could have made a good team? ________________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________________ 14. What do the boys see on the top of the mountain? ________________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________________

C h ap t e r 8 “Gift for Darkness”

1. How does Ralph describe the beast? ________________________________________________________________________________ 2. What does this do to the rest of the group? ________________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________________ 3. Why does Jack scream that Ralph thinks his hunters are no good? ________________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________________ 4. Piggy says now "we've really got a beast." Who is he talking about? ________________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________________ 5. What is the problem with Piggy and Ralph's plan? ________________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________________ 6. Where did all the older boys go? Why? ________________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________________ 7. How is Jack elected chief? ________________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________________ 15

Â 8. What is different about this hunt, than those described in the past? ________________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________________ 9. What problem does Roger think of? ________________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________________ 10. What does the Jack do for the beast? ________________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________________ 11. Who or what is the lord of the flies? ________________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________________ 12. What is Ralph scared of? ________________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________________ 13. What is the lord of the flies' warning? ________________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________________

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C h ap t e r 9 “A view to a death”

1. When Simon awakens and goes to the mountain, what does he discover? ________________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________________ 2. Where do Ralph and Piggy discover the other boys have gone to? ________________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________________ 3. Ralph says ‘I’m chief…And I’ve got the conch—“ How does Jack respond to this? ________________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________________ 4. What do the boys do in the circle? ________________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________________ 5. How is the weather different than usual on this night? ________________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________________ 6. Why does Simon come down the mountain and into the circle? ________________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________________

7. Why does Jack organize the feast? ________________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________________ 8. What is the “thing that crawls out of the forest?” ________________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________________ 9. What does Simon try to tell the boys? ________________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________________ 10. What do the boys do to Simon? Why? ________________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________________ 11. What happens to the parachutist? ________________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________________

C h ap t e r 1 0 “The shell & the glass”

1. Besides Ralph, who are the only other three boys left in Ralph’s group? ________________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________________ 2. What word does Ralph use to describe what happened to Simon (hint: this word scares Piggy)? ________________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________________ 3. What do the four boys (including Ralph) who are left in Ralph’s group lie to each other about regarding the night before? ________________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________________ 4. How do the boys in Jack’s tribe protect Castle Rock? ________________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________________ 5. What does Jack do to Wilfred? How does this affect Wilfred? ________________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________________

6. How does Golding (the author) show that Ralph is beginning to forget what, up to now, he has considered to be their most important goal? ________________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________________ 7. What do Ralph and Piggy agree will happen to them if they don’t get rescued soon? ________________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________________ 8. Why do you think Jack wants to make the boys believe the Beast is still alive? ________________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________________ 9. What do Jack and his hunters steal in the night? ________________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________________

C h ap t e r 1 1 “Castle Rock”

1. Why does Piggy want to go up the mountain to see Jack? ________________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________________ 2. What name/insult does Ralph call Jack which starts the fight between them? ________________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________________ 3. What do they take with them as a symbol of their authority? ________________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________________ 4. Once he has the conch, what questions does Piggy ask the group of boys? ________________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________________ 5. What happens to Piggy after he asks these questions? ________________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________________ 6. What does the tribe do to Sam and Eric? ________________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________________ 21

7. What does Ralph do at the end of this chapter? ________________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________________ 8. What does Jack say about the boys in his tribe? ________________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________________ 9. What do the boys in Jack’s tribe call him? ________________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________________

C h ap t e r 1 2 “Cry of the hunters”

1. What does Ralph knock down and smash in half? ________________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________________ 2. What fact about Sam and Eric does Ralph realize that night? ________________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________________ 3. What do Sam and Eric end up warning Ralph about? ________________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________________ 4. What object prepared by Jack do Sam and Eric tell Ralph about? ________________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________________ 5. What do Sam and Eric give Ralph? ________________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________________ 6. When the first attempt to flush out Ralph fails, what is the next attempt? ________________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________________

7. Why does Jack’s tribe start the fire on the island? ________________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________________ 8. Who does Ralph run into on the beach? ________________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________________ 9. What has drawn the naval captain to the island? ________________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________________ 10. At the books’ end, what positive outcome has come from the starting of the fire? ________________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________________ 11. How does Golding (the author) change the boys from savages back to little boys in the eyes of the reader? ________________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________________