
Midterm Exam (2nd & 4th)
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- Q1The masks the boys paint onto their faces symbolize what?The savagery of the boys. The disguise that shows they have become "someone else".30s
- Q2The life-like movement would scare them off for a moment so thatthey made a dark cloud round the head.30s
- Q3Suggests that they ignite the pile by using Piggy's shoesJack30s
- Q4Lies on the sand with hands over his face, trying to ward off blows from his attackers' sticksSimon30s
- Q5Who daydreams about the comforts of home?Ralph30s
- Q6What causes the hunters, who had promised to keep the fire burning, to neglect it and allow it to go out?The hunters have become so distracted by Jack's want to hunt and kill the pigs. Jack needed enough people to circle around a pig, so the boys went with Jack, neglecting the fire.30s
- Q7They were glad to touch the brown backs of the fence thathemmed in the terror and made it governable.30s
- Q8Softly, surrounded by a fringe of inquisitive bright creatures, itself a silver shape beneath the steadfast constellations,Simon's dead body moved out toward the open sea.30s
- Q9Names the blossoms "candle buds"Simon30s
- Q10Is a sensitive boy who suffers seizuresSimon30s
- Q11Does Simon faint when he sets the parachutist free?Nah30s
- Q12Why do the boys make fun of Piggy?He is overweight, has poor vision and is clumsy.30s
- Q13Would like to go hunting, but chooses to build sheltersRalph30s
- Q14Who starts the fire that ironically brings rescue?Jack30s
- Q15The conch becomes a symbol of what?The conch shell symbolizes the rule of law and civilization. civilization. It's used to call30s