Lord of the Flies Chapter 8

At the beginning of the chapter, who blows the conch to call a meeting?

• Ralph

• Simon

• Piggy

• Jack

At the meeting, why does Jack call a vote?

• To kick Piggy out of the tribe.

• To remove Ralph as chief of their tribe..

• To make the littluns harvest fruit.

• To make Simon and Jack assistant chiefs.

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When Simon speaks to the 'Lord of the Flies', he tells Simon that the Beast is _____________________________.

• A giant boar with a taste for human flesh.

• A giant snake with poison more deadly than a king cobra's poison.

• A Paleolithic super shark lurking in the lagoon.

• Really in themselves (representing the evil elements of human nature).

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What do Jack and the Hunters hunt and kill (in this chapter).

• A giant boar with curved tusks

• A mother pig and her piglets.

• A jungle-dwelling lizard.

• A giant snake.

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What does Jack do to persuade the older boys and littluns to join him at Castle Rock (with the Hunters).

• He has a feast with the animals he's just killed.

• He threatens to hurt Piggy, Ralph, and the littluns if they don't join him.

• He offers them fruit.

• He offers them things (candy and warm clothes) he's salvaged from the crashed airplane and the dead pilot.

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What does Jack think of Piggy leaving to find the beast?

• He doesn't want Piggy to leave (he might get hurt or killed by the beast).

• He thinks Piggy should take spears and go with one of the hunters.

• He thinks it would be good if Piggy left and never came back.

• He doesn't want any of the boys (littluns or biguns) to go looking for the beast.

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How does Ralph insult Jack

• He calls him a bully.

• He says Piggy is a better leader than Jack.

• He tells Jack that he and his hunters are "boys with sticks."

• He tells Jack that he and his hunters don't do anything. They just kill.

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Who uses the glasses (for the first time) to start a fire in Chapter 8?

• Roger

• Jack

• Piggy

• Ralph

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What do Ralph, Piggy, and the littluns eat at their feast (before Jack and the Hunters' feast)?

• Fruit

• Crabs

• Fish and Shrimp

• Candy, cookies, rice, and other things salvaged from the airplane.

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What is the hunters' gift for the beast?

• The snake's head and skin.

• A heap of fruit and crabs.

• A coat and a watch (from one of the hunters).

• The mother pig's guts and her head (stuck onto a stick sharpened at both ends).