Comprehension Questions (Use Your Book )

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Comprehension Questions (Use your book!!)

Ch.3 1. What does the description of Jack at the start of the chapter reveal about him as a character? ______2. Who is building the shelters? ______3. What have you gathered about Simon’s character from this chapter (middle and end)? ______4. Why is Ralph so angry? ______5. Why does Jack say that the hunters are excused from building shelters? ______6. Is Ralph responsible for the boys’ lack of cooperation and performance? Why/why not? ______7. Ralph and Jack have very difference frustrations. Ralph is responsible for the whole group; Jack is responsible for himself. How does this make them different? ______Ch.4 1. Who are “littluns” in a modern society? Explain. ______2. Who is Henry? Describe him (not just physically). ______3. What do Maurice and Roger do to the castles? ______4. Why does Henry get excited when he is in control of living things? ______5. Why does Roger throw the stones near the littlun (Henry) instead of directly at him? ______6. What is the boys’ response when they see the smoke in the distance? ______7. Why does the boys’ plan for rescue fail? ______8. Even if the boys hare Piggy, why do they still need him? Give 2 specific examples. ______9. How frustrated would you be if you were Ralph? Explain. ______10. What are Jack and his hunters chanting? ______11. What does Jack have memories of? ______12. Does Ralph surrender to Jack by eating the meat? Explain. ______13. Is Simon more “pure” than Ralph? Is this important? ______14. How does Ralph restore order on the island? ______

Ch.5 1. What does Ralph need to think about at the start of the chapter? ______2. What must the meeting NOT be? ______3. Describe the assembly place. ______4. What is the “trouble” with being chief? ______5. What is Piggy better at than Ralph? ______6. Explain what went wrong with the boys’ plan for water and using the bathroom. Why is this not okay? ______7. Why is one of the shelters not built as strongly as the others? ______8. What is the most important thing on the island, to Ralph? ______9. Compare Jack and Piggy’s perceptions of the Beast. ______10. What does Maurice trying to make the littluns laugh, reveal about him? ______11. Where do the littluns think the beast comes from? ______12. What does Simon think about the Beast? ______13. Why had Ralph’s careful planning of the meeting break up? ______14. Why doesn’t Jack think Ralph is a good chief? Do you agree or disagree? Why/why not? ______15. Do “grownups” always act civilized? What did you think as a child vs. what you know now? ______16. What if “grownups” landed on the island instead of children, how would the book have been different? Would it be different at all? ______