Chapter 8
1. Who called the first assembly?
2. During the assembly, how many voted that Ralph shouldn't be chief?
3. The hunters get a new name. What is it?
4. The group of boys looked at it with affectionate respect. What was it?
5. Although he is not able to get the boys to vote Ralph out of office as chief, Jack manages to
overthrow Ralph’s authority anyway. How?
6. Jack suggests a way to keep the beast happy. What is it?
7. Describe Simon’s strange encounter with the Lord of the Flies.
8. Who or what is the Lord of the Flies?
9. How do Sam and Eric and Bill respond to Jack’s invitation to come to a feast?
Literary elements questions
10. How do you think the claims to leadership by Ralph and Jack will be affected by their
admissions?
11. How does the latest confrontation between Jack and Ralph advance the plot of the story?
12. On what other occasions has Piggy tried to blame all the group’s problems on Jack?
13. On what other occasions was it difficult for Simon to speak at the assemblies?
14. What earlier behavior of Jack’s indicated the kind of leader he would be
15. On what other occasions have the boys been bolstered by the rituals they perform?
16. For what purpose does Jack leave the sow’s head for the beast?
17. In what ways is Simon different from the rest of the boys on the island?
18. In what ways have the boys lost their identities on the island?
19. What has the phrase “to do someone” signified elsewhere in the story? Why does this appear
to be foreshadowing?
Who said it?
20. "I'm not going to play any longer. Not with you."
21. "I think we ought to climb the mountain."
22. "We'll hunt and I'm going to be chief"
23. "The head is for the beast, it's a gift."
24. "I'd like to put on war-paint and be a savage. But we must keep the fire burning."
25. "Fancy thinking the Beast was something you could hunt and kill."
26. "You knew didn't you? I'm part of you?"
Chapter 9
1. What was the "cannon" that "continued to play" throughout chapter 9?
2. Where does Simon go when he wakes from sleep?
3. What changes can be seen in Piggy when he angrily fights with Ralph in the water?
4. Who sat, like an idol, painted and garlanded, in the center of the lawn?
5.
6. At the party, who acted like the pig?
7. What does Simon find when he finally reaches the Beast?
8. What happens to Simon when he returns to the group?
9. As a result of the storm with its high winds and high tides, what happens to the bodies of Simon
and “the beast”?
10. How does the attack on Simon parallel examples from life that you have read about in
newspapers or seen enacted on televisions?
Literary elements questions
10. In what other places in the novel has the author used the point of view of an omniscient
narrator to distance the reader from the events on the island? Why?
11. How does Simon regard the beast when he is close to it
12. If Simon had known what was going to happen to him as a result of his mission, would he have
gone anyway?
13. What other incident in the novel uses the setting to help shape the events of the story?
14. What illusion is created by the exclusion of Piggy, which unites the group?
15. What is the result of the struggle for power? Why?
16. Which passages foreshadow the terror of the night to come?
17. How do these developments set the scene for Simon’s appearance and the boys’ actions?
18. What ironic comparison does the author draw between Simon and the beast?
19. How does the author use poetic language to describe the body of Simon as it is carried out to
sea?
Who said it?
20. "Do our dance! Come on! Dance!”
21. "Let them go. I don't care."
22. "P'raps we ought to go too...I mean to make sure nothing happens"
Chapter 10
1. What were Samneric doing in the beginning of the chapter?
2. As Piggy and Ralph discuss the events of the night before, what does Ralph say he is frightened
of?
3. What does Jack plan to steal from Ralph and Piggy? Who went with him?
4. Before they were attacked, what did Ralph "desperately pray?"
5. Who was Ralph fighting in the dark?
6. What did Jack take from the others?
7. What will Jack do if someone interferes with him?
8. What motivated Jack to punish Wilfred?
Literary elements questions
10. How does Piggy show that he can’t understand what is happening?
11. “Hullo. Fancy meeting you, Ralph.” … “We left early.” How does the style of the passage differ
from the style of the last two paragraphs of Chapter 9?
12. How would you define the boys’ use of the phrase “a proper chief” to describe Jack? Jack’s
watchman challenges Roger with the formula sentence: “Halt! Who goes there?”
13. What has Roger done in the past to show that he is abusive?
14. How does Jack use his power to manipulate the group?
15. Why is it ironic that the beast continues to terrorize the boys?
16. Where else in the book has the author described the boys’ actions in the same way that animal
movements are usually described
17. How has Piggy been abused each time someone wanted his glasses to start a fire?
18. What kind of vision besides physical vision is now limited for the two boys?
Who said it?
19. "That was murder."
20. "We don't want another night without fire."
21. "I thought they wanted the conch."
