Homework Questions for Lord of the Flies, Chapters 1-8, 10

 

 

Lord of the Flies – Chapter 1

  1. How did the boys end up on the island? (7-8)
  2. Describe the way Ralph and Piggy interact the first time they meet. (10-14)
  3. How does Ralph call all of the boys to a meeting? (17)
  4. How did Ralph become the chief?  Why do you think the boys chose him? (22)
  5. Jack also wants to be chief, but the boys didn’t vote for him.  What position does he take instead? (23)
  6. Describe some of the things that the boys do during the first meeting. (17-25)
  7. How do Ralph and Jack treat Piggy during the first meeting? (20-25)
  8. Why do the boys go exploring? (25)
  9. Who goes exploring and what do they find? (25-31)
  10. Why do you think Jack was unable to kill the pig? (31)

 

Lord of the Flies – Chapter 2

  1. How does Ralph use the conch to control the meeting? (33)
  2. Why does Jack like the new rules? (33)
  3. What is the small boy afraid of? (35-36)
  4. Piggy refers to the boys as acting like “a bunch of kids (38).”  What does this tell us about Piggy’s character?
  5. How do they light the fire?  Why? (41)
  6. How do Ralph and Jack treat Piggy when he tries to speak? (42)
  7. How does Piggy think they should handle their situation? (45)
  8. From what you have read so far, describe Ralph, Jack, and Piggy.
  9. If you were one of the boys on the island, who would you want to be the leader – Ralph, Piggy, or Jack?
  10. Describe Piggy’s concerns at the end of the chapter. (46-47)

 

Lord of the Flies – Chapter 3

  1. Describe the change in Jack as a hunter. (49-50)
  2. How does Jack describe the experience of hunting? (53)
  3. How do Jack’s goals and Ralph’s goals differ? (53)
  4. What does Ralph want Jack to help him with? (54-55)
  5. Describe the role Simon plays in the conversation between Ralph and Jack. (52-55)
  6. How does the conversation between Jack and Ralph depict them as conflicting leaders? (50-55)
  7. Describe Simon’s physical appearance. (55-56)
  8. Using the description of Simon’s actions, explain what you think is happening to Simon. (55-57)

 

Lord of the Flies – Chapter 4

  1. Who are the ‘littluns’ and where do they spend their time? (59-60)
  2. Describe Henry, Percival, and Johnny. (60)
  3. What does Maurice do to the littluns?  How does he feel about it? Why? (60)
  4. Describe the role Henry takes on when playing with the sea creatures. (61)
  5. What does Maurice do to Henry? How does he feel about it? Why? (61-62)
  6. How does Jack disguise himself? (63-64)
  7. Why is Ralph so upset that the fire went out? (64-68)
  8. Summarize Jack’s story about the pig.  (69-71)
  9. How is this hunting story different from their first encounter with the pig? (69-71)
  10. How does this incident affect the roles of Jack and Ralph and their relationship?  

 

 

 

Lord of the Flies – Chapter 5

  1. How does Ralph feel about Piggy? (78)
  2. List at least tow points Ralph wants to discuss at the assembly. (79-81)
  3. Why do you think Ralph admits his fear? (82)
  4. Why does Jack yell at the littluns?
  5. What similarity does Piggy point out between the boys and the beast? (83)
  6. What doe the boys discover about the beast that Phil describes? (84-85)
  7. What does Simon think the beast might be? (89)
  8. Summarize the argument on pages 91-92.
  9. What do Ralph and Piggy talk about on pages 92-94?
  10. What do agree with what the boys say about grownups? (94)

 

Lord of the Flies – Chapter 6

  1. Describe what Sam and Eric saw on the mountain.  (95-100)
  2. What does Jack say about the conch? (101-102)
  3. What do the boys decide to do about the beast? (101-103)
  4. Describe Ralph’s reaction to the boys rolling the rocks. (106-108)
  5. What do you think the beast is?  Why?

 

Lord of the Flies – Chapter 7

1.       Describe Ralph’s reaction to his changing physical appearance. (109-110)

2.       Summarize Ralph’s daydream. (112 and 116-117)

3.       How does Ralph react to hitting the pig with his spear? (113-114)

4.       Describe the scene with Robert.  How does Ralph react to what is happening? (114-115)

5.       Summarize the argument between Ralph and Jack. (117-119)

6.       Describe the tone that Jack and Ralph use in the conversation before they go up the mountain to look at the beast. (119-123)

7.       What do the boys find on the mountain and how do they react to it? (123)

 

Lord of the Flies – Chapter 8

1.       How does the argument between Ralph and Jack end this time? (124-127)

2.       What decision do the boys come to about the fire?  Why do they have to do this? (128-130)

3.       Describe the first thing that Jack does with his camp. (133-136)

4.       What do the hunters do with the pig’s head?  Why? (136-137)

5.       Describe Ralph’s fear. (139)

6.       What kind of words does the narrator and Ralph use to describe the boys in the hunting party? (139-142)

7.       Describe what you think is happening to Simon.  (143-144)

 

Lord of the Flies – Chapter 10

1.       Summarize the conversation between Ralph and Piggy. (155-158)

2.       What does Jack talk about with his tribe? (159-161)

3.       What is Ralph’s game of supposing? (164)  Why do you think he does this/

4.       What does Jack’s tribe come for in the middle of the night? (165-167)

5.       Why does Piggy think that they wanted the conch?

 

 

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