Wednesday, Feb. 17

Lord of the Flies – In class assessment #2
Open book. Please write answers (legibly) on a separate sheet of paper, skip lines, and use at least three sentences to support each answer.

1. At the beginning of the meeting in Chapter 5 (page 79) Ralph thinks: "He was searching his mind for simple words so that even the littluns would understand what the assembly was about. Perhaps later, practiced debaters- like Jack or Piggy - would use their whole art to twist the meeting: but now at the beginning the subject of the debate must be laid clearly."
Use the details presented in Ralph's thought to infer something Ralph is worried about OR what he thinks about Jack or Piggy.

2. In Chapter 6: Beast from the Air, a dead pilot lands in his parachute on the island. Do you think this 'beast' unites the boys or pushes them apart? Why?

3. When Jack took responsibility of the hunt for the beast, how did Ralph react? (p.103) Why do you think he reacted that way?

4. (a) What do the boys do when they enter the small island? What does Ralph urge them to concentrate on instead?

• (b) Do you think Ralph is being too serious? Why?