Lord of the Flies
J. Bailey
You will read the remaining chapters (9-12) and answer the questions.
CHAPTER 9-A view to a Death:
1. When Simon awakens and goes to the mountain, what does he discover?
2. Why does Jack organize the feast?
3. What is the “thing that crawls out of the forest?”
4. What does Simon try to tell the boys?
5. What do the boys do to Simon?
6. What happens to the parachutist?
CHAPTER 10-The Shell and the Glasses:
1. How does Piggy place the blame of what happened to Simon on Simon himself?
2. Ralph and Samneric deny being part of the dance, yet Golding gives clues that the boys might have been involved. What are those clues?
3. How do the boys in Jack’s tribe protect Castle Rock?
4. How does Golding show that Ralph is beginning to forget what, up to now, he hasconsidered to be their most important goal?
5. Why do you think Jack wants to make the boys believe the Beast is still alive?
CHAPTER 11-Castle Rock:
1. Why do Ralph, Piggy and Samneric venture to Castle Rock?
2. What do they take with them as a symbol of their authority?
3. What happens to Piggy and the conch?
4. What happens to Samneric during the confrontation?
5. Why does Ralph run away?
6. What symbols does Golding use to show that civilization has been destroyed on the island?
Chapter 12- Cry of the Hunters
1. What preparation has Jack and Roger made, and, according to Samneric, what plan do they have for Ralph?
2. What is used in the first attempt to flush Ralph from the thicket?
3. When the first attempt to flush out Ralph fails, what is the next attempt?
4. What has drawn the naval captain to the island?
5. How does Golding change the boys from savages back to little boys in the eyes of the reader?