Lord of the Flies Comprehension Test
Chapter 1
1) What colour is:
a. Ralph’s hair?
b. Jack’s hair?
2) List 3 things you find out about Piggy in chapter 1?
3) What is the thing that most excites the boys about being on the island at the start of the novel?
4) What might the physical ‘scar’ of the plan wreck suggest about Golding’s views on humans and our relationship with
the world?
5) What are 2 good ideas that Piggy comes up with in this chapter?
6) What is Jack in charge of at the beginning of the novel?
7) Complete the quotation:
‘Let’s have a vote/’
‘Yes.’
‘Vote for chief.’
‘This …………of voting was almost as pleasing as the conch.’
8) Why does Ralph nominate Jack to be in charge of the hunters?
9) Complete the quotation:
‘Echoes and birds flew, white and pink dust floated, the forest further down shook as with the passage of an
enraged ………………’
10) Jack doesn’t take the opportunity to do something at the end of chapter 1, and vows that next time he will. What is it?
Chapter 2
1) a) How do the boys decide to use the conch during their meetings?
b) What might the conch be seen as a symbol of?
2) List 2 books that the boys refer to in Chapter 2 as examples of what they hope their time on the island will be like.
3) a) What animal does the boy with the birth mark first compare the beastie to?
b) What could this be seen as a religious allegory to?
4) How does Ralph react to the conversation about the beastie in this chapter?
5) What does Jack suggest using Piggy’s glasses for in chapter 2?
6) a) Why do the boys first come up with the idea to build a fire?
b) What is ironic about how the fire is used at the end of the novel?
7) Why does the signal fire end up going out?
8) a) Name the 2 animals that the fire that breaks out in the forest is likened to.
b) Number the order that the animals come in.
9) a) Who is the first person to die on the island?
b) How could this be significant in the context of who the Nazis persecuted?
10) Finish the quotation that describes the sound of the fire that is raging in the forest:
‘The separate noises of the fire merged into a ………………… that seemed to shake the mountain.’
Chapter 3
1) What weapon does Jack use to hunt with?
2) Is Jack successful with hunting the pig at the start of this chapter?
3) Why is it taking the boys a long time to time to build the huts?
Chapter 1
1) What colour is:
a. Ralph’s hair?
b. Jack’s hair?
2) List 3 things you find out about Piggy in chapter 1?
3) What is the thing that most excites the boys about being on the island at the start of the novel?
4) What might the physical ‘scar’ of the plan wreck suggest about Golding’s views on humans and our relationship with
the world?
5) What are 2 good ideas that Piggy comes up with in this chapter?
6) What is Jack in charge of at the beginning of the novel?
7) Complete the quotation:
‘Let’s have a vote/’
‘Yes.’
‘Vote for chief.’
‘This …………of voting was almost as pleasing as the conch.’
8) Why does Ralph nominate Jack to be in charge of the hunters?
9) Complete the quotation:
‘Echoes and birds flew, white and pink dust floated, the forest further down shook as with the passage of an
enraged ………………’
10) Jack doesn’t take the opportunity to do something at the end of chapter 1, and vows that next time he will. What is it?
Chapter 2
1) a) How do the boys decide to use the conch during their meetings?
b) What might the conch be seen as a symbol of?
2) List 2 books that the boys refer to in Chapter 2 as examples of what they hope their time on the island will be like.
3) a) What animal does the boy with the birth mark first compare the beastie to?
b) What could this be seen as a religious allegory to?
4) How does Ralph react to the conversation about the beastie in this chapter?
5) What does Jack suggest using Piggy’s glasses for in chapter 2?
6) a) Why do the boys first come up with the idea to build a fire?
b) What is ironic about how the fire is used at the end of the novel?
7) Why does the signal fire end up going out?
8) a) Name the 2 animals that the fire that breaks out in the forest is likened to.
b) Number the order that the animals come in.
9) a) Who is the first person to die on the island?
b) How could this be significant in the context of who the Nazis persecuted?
10) Finish the quotation that describes the sound of the fire that is raging in the forest:
‘The separate noises of the fire merged into a ………………… that seemed to shake the mountain.’
Chapter 3
1) What weapon does Jack use to hunt with?
2) Is Jack successful with hunting the pig at the start of this chapter?
3) Why is it taking the boys a long time to time to build the huts?
