Lord of the Flies Review Questions
How are Ralph and Piggy different? ️️Ralph is described as the fair boy with fair hair, and has a
good build. Piggy is described as the fat boy, and it is said that he is short, pale, wears glasses, has a
button nose, and has asthma.
How the language i...
How are Ralph and Piggy different? ✔️✔️Ralph is described as the fair boy with fair hair, and has a
good build. Piggy is described as the fat boy, and it is said that he is short, pale, wears glasses, has a
button nose, and has asthma.
How the language in the first few paragraphs hint at the strangeness and terror of the island?
✔️✔️Ralph is surrounded by creeper things and he sees visions of red and yellow, and he hears witch-
like cries, these are all things of something very terrible and strange
What hints are we given about what has happened to the boys? ✔️✔️The boys start to talk about the
pilot and the cockpit, and a passenger cabin, these are all things that have to do with a plane and then
Ralph says he sees red and yellow coming out of the plane, so this probably means they were in some
sort of plane crash
What is the 'scar' that is often mentioned at the beginning of the chapter? ✔️✔️the wreckage and
damage done to the boys on the island and the island from the plane crash
Who makes the first leadership decisions and what are they? ✔️✔️Ralph makes the first leadership
decisions by blowing the conch, forming all the boys together and making an assembly, he also makes
the decisions to have rules and a leader
Between Ralph and Piggy, who is cleverer? Explain your answer. ✔️✔️Although Piggy is weak, he is
smarter than Ralph. Piggy is the one who comes up with the idea of using the conch. When someone
blows into the conch it serves as a microphone that can be heard for miles.
Why doesn't Piggy ask for the names of the choirboys? ✔️✔️He didn't ask their names because he
was intimidated by the other boys because he is fat and all the other boys are fair.
What are Jack's reasons for why he should be chief? ✔️✔️Jack thought that since he was the leader of
the choir, and can sing a C sharp that he should be chief.
, Why is Piggy not considered to be chief? ✔️✔️Piggy was very smart, he had lots of ideas that all had
been credited to Ralph. But, the boys didn't want a fat, short boy to be chief.
What reasons are given for why Ralph is voted chief? ✔️✔️Ralph is still and calm, he is a fair boy with
a good build, and he is powerful because of the conch
Which word tells us that although Piggy voted for Ralph, he didn't really want to? Why might this be?
✔️✔️When the boys were voting it is stated that everyone raised their hands immediately when
Ralph's name was called, except for Piggy's, but then is says that he too raised his hand grudgingly in the
air.
How does Ralph show leadership skills once he has been made chief? ✔️✔️Ralph has the idea to make
sure wherever they are is an island on an journey around the place, he takes Jack and Simon.
Why is Jack unable to stab the piglet at the end of the chapter? ✔️✔️Jack claims that he was looking
for a place to stab it and the pig got away too fast
How does Ralph try to maintain order and a sense of society amongst the boys? ✔️✔️Ralph tells all of
the boys what they saw, about the uninhabited island, and the pigs, and how they need to hunt the pigs,
and they were going to use the hands-up method when you want to talk, because they all can't talk at
once. He is trying to keep everyone calm and not panicked.
When the boy with the mulberry-colored birthmark talks about the 'beastie', how do Jack and Ralph
react? ✔️✔️Ralph is trying to convince the other boys that there is no beastie and they are only found
in other countries and that the little boy was dreaming.
Jack says that if there is a snake thing, then they would hunt and kill it.
What does this tell us about their different leadership styles? ✔️✔️This tells us that Ralph is more
focused on calming everybody down, and getting them off of the island in the quickest way possible, but
Jack is just looking for something to hunt.
What is Ralph's plan for rescue? ✔️✔️Ralph thinks that they should start a fire, and if someone is
living nearby, they might see the smoke and rescue them.
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