Plot Flashcards
All 26 cards in this deck
What is Chapter 1 called?
The Sound of the Shell.
How do the boys come to be on the island?
Their plane crashes there during a war, while they are being evacuated.
Which two boys meet first in Chapter 1?
Ralph and Piggy.
What do Ralph and Piggy find in the lagoon in Chapter 1?
A conch shell, which Ralph blows to call the other boys.
Who is voted chief at the first assembly?
Ralph; Jack’s choir become the hunters.
What does Jack fail to do at the end of Chapter 1?
Kill a piglet caught in the creepers.
What is Chapter 2 called?
Fire on the Mountain.
What is used to light the first fire?
Piggy’s glasses, focusing the sun (Chapter 2).
Who goes missing after the first fire burns out of control?
The littlun with the mulberry-coloured birthmark (Chapter 2).
What is Chapter 4 called?
Painted Faces and Long Hair.
What passes the island in Chapter 4 while the signal fire is out?
A ship.
Why has the signal fire gone out in Chapter 4?
Jack took Samneric, who should have been minding it, hunting.
What breaks when Jack hits Piggy in Chapter 4?
One lens of Piggy’s glasses.
What is Chapter 6 called?
Beast from Air.
What lands on the mountain top in Chapter 6?
A dead parachutist, from an air battle above the island.
Which boys first mistake the dead parachutist for the beast?
Samneric, while minding the fire at night (Chapter 6).
What is Chapter 8 called?
Gift for the Darkness.
What happens when Jack asks the boys to vote Ralph out in Chapter 8?
Nobody votes, so Jack leaves to start his own tribe.
What do the hunters leave in the forest as a gift for the beast?
A sow’s head on a stick sharpened at both ends (Chapter 8).
What is Chapter 9 called?
A View to a Death.
How is Simon killed in Chapter 9?
The boys, dancing in a storm, mistake him for the beast and attack him.
What do Jack’s hunters steal in their night raid in Chapter 10?
Piggy’s glasses; Ralph had expected them to take the conch.
What is Chapter 11 called?
Castle Rock.
Who kills Piggy?
Roger, by levering a rock down on him at Castle Rock (Chapter 11).
What do the hunters do to the island to force Ralph out of hiding in Chapter 12?
Set the forest on fire.
Who finds Ralph on the beach at the end?
A British naval officer, whose ship saw the smoke.