| Who called the first assembly in this chapter? | Jack |
| How does Jack respond when Ralph calls his hunters “boys armed with sticks?” | Jack becomes very offended and returns to his friends to twist Ralph’s words, claiming that he called the hunters cowards. Jack also believes Ralph is not a proper chief. |
| During the assembly, how many voted that Ralph shouldn’t be chief? Why? | No one. They still feel Ralph is best and safest choice for chief. |
| What did Jack say when no one voted against Ralph? | “I’m not going to play any longer. Not with you.” and then he leaves |
| The Hunters get a new name. What is it? How/why? | Savages- breaking away, strip down, painting faces and bodies, kill, torture. |
| What did Piggy suggest? | That they build the fire on the beach/platform |
| Who started the fire? | Piggy |
| What happened to Ralph’s fingers? | They began to bleed from him biting them |
| What do Piggy and the twins bring Ralph? | A feast of fruit |
| What happens to most of the biguns while Ralph and Piggy are busy? | They left to join Jack’s group while Ralph’s group is busy building the fire. |
| How do the hunters find the sow? | By the blood drops from her wound |
| Who kills the sow? | Jack (cuts its throat) |
| Who plays the sow in the reenactment? | Maurice |
| Who plays the killer in the reenactment? | Roger |
| Who does Jack send to get the fire? | Roger, Henry, Robert, Maurice |
| What gift does Jack offer to help pacify the Beast? | Jack offers the sow’s head, him and and his hunters had killed. |
| What does Jack ask Roger to do to a stick? | He tells him to “sharpen a stick at both ends.” |
| What is “The Lord of the Flies?” | The pig’s head |
| What happens when Simon goes back into the woods? | He sees Jacks group kill/behead a pig to give to the beastHallucinates that the head is mocking him |
| Who communicates with the Lord of the Flies? | Simon |
| What threat does the Lord of the Flies make to Simon? | That Jack, Ralph, and the other boys may eventually hurt him |
| What does the Lord of the Flies call Simon? | Silly |
| Who said, “I’d like to put on war-paint and be a savage. But we must keep the fire burning.” | Ralph- speaking after the raid. He wants them to focus on keeping the fire lit. |
Lord of the Flies Chapter 8
February 9, 2020