LotF Reading Questions

2. Who “still felt the unease of wrongdoing?”
3. Who was affected by the “taboo of old life?”
4. How was Jack “liberated from the shame of self—consciousness?”
5. Why did the “littluns” always obey the summons of the conch?
6. Why did Jack want Samneric to get him a coconut?
7. Why weren’t the boys rescued?
8. Why were the littluns used to “Stomach aches and a sort of chronic diarrhea”?
Who said it? (indicate page numbers)
“You don’t half look a mess.”
“They don’t smell me. They see me, I think. Something pink, under the trees.”
Chapter 5
1. What is the significance of the title “Beast from Water”?
2. What is the paradox of the boys’ attitude toward the beast?
3. Why does Ralph call a meeting?
4. What is “Taken short?”