Reading schedule and study guide

Essential Question: Without order, is there chaos?

Directions: Answers to the study guide questions should be completed in your notebook after you read the
corresponding section. Each answer must be in a complete sentence.
Chapter One
1. How did the boys get to be on the island? What boy supplies this information?
2. What is it that pleases Ralph most about being on the island?
3. Who do you think is the most intelligent of the boys? Why?
4. Why Ralph was elected leader?
5. Who goes to explore the island? Who is left out of exploring the island? Why?
6. Why didnt Jack kill the piglet?
Chapter Two
1. How do Ralph and Jacks personalities differ?
2. What were the young children afraid of? How do Jack and Ralph respond?
3. What is the purpose of the fire on the mountain?
4. How did most of the boys react when the fire went out of control? What was Piggys response?
Chapter Three
1. Re-read the description of Jack at the opening of the chapter. Consider his posture and his actions.
What is he doing? How is he doing it? What words are used to describe Jack that heighten the image?
2. At the beginning of the novel Jack and Ralph were friends. How does the reader know that things have
changed? What is pulling them apart?
3. Why is Ralph becoming disillusioned? What is happening to his plans?
4. Describe the special place that Simon retreats to. Why does he go there?
Chapter Four
1. Create a T chart and compare the way the littleuns and the biguns have adjusted to life on the island.
2. What does Roger do to Henry? What suggests that he still has some ties to his civilized past?
3. Why is the mask significant?
4. What event signals the beginning of a more barbaric and primitive order? Why?
5. In what way is Ralph just as guilty of letting the fire go out?
6. What makes the killing of the pig savage?
7. Why does Jack lash out on Piggy? What could the breaking of Piggys glasses symbolize?

Chapter Five
1. How does Ralph feel about his first days on the island? What makes him think about this?
2. Why did Ralphs assembly fall apart?
Chapter Six
Make up ten multiple choice questions
Chapter Seven
1. What do the boys chant? What does it tell you about their goals and their changing character?
2. Why does Ralph agree to go up to the mountain?
3. What do the boys think they saw? What did they really see?
Chapter Eight
1. What made Jack leave the assembly alone?
2. What is the Lord of the Flies?
3. Why do you think most of the boys end up siding with Jack?
4. What causes Simon to hallucinate? What does the beast say to Simon?
Chapter Nine and Ten
1. Who discovers what is really on top of the mountain? Why doesnt he ever share his knowledge?
2. What do the boys do in response to the rain?
3. How do the boys finally become complete savages?
Chapter Eleven
1. Why is Piggy so concerned about the conch? How is it described?
2. Why does Ralph want to visit the boys on the other side of the island?
3. When does the conch break?
Chapter Twelve
1. What did Sam and Eric tell Ralph was being prepared for him? What does this mean is planned?
2. Why is it ironic that Jack uses fire? What is he using the fire for?
3. Why do the boys cry at the end of the book?
When you finish reading, explain how the following categories work for organizing the book as a whole?
What did Golding use to organize his book?

Paradise

Paradise Lost

Angels & Demons

Evidence Based Claim: What does Lord of the Flies suggest about the balance between rights and
rules? Is it necessary to trade personal rights for the protection of government? Answer with specific
details from the text.