1    Who are the main characters?  Where do they come from?
2    Where does the story take place?
3    How did the boys get into the situation they are in?
4    Where do Ralph and Piggy find the conch?  What do they use it for?
5    Who comes to the meeting place near the pink granite rock?
6    What is the "choir"?
7    How do the boys elect their chief?  Who is elected?
8    What do the two chiefs and Simon do after the election?
9    What do they discover?
10    Which animals live on the island?  How to we (the readers) get to know?
11Who owns the island?
 

Chapter two:  Fire on the Mountain
 

1    What do the boys discuss on their second meeting?
2    Which resources do they have to live on?
3    What does one of the "littluns" claim to have seen?
4    How does Ralph react?
5    What plans do they make?
6    Which plan do they enact first? How?
7    How do they light a fire?
8    What is the problem with the fire?
9    What does Piggy criticize about the boys´ behaviour?
10    What happens to the fire at the end of the chapter?
 

Chapter three:  Huts on the Beach
 

1    How does Jack try to hunt a pig?
2    What is Ralph doing when Jack comes back from hunting?
3    What is the rest of the boys doing?
4    What is the conflict between Ralph and Jack about?
5    What arguments do they use to emphasize their point of view?
6    Comment on the sentence "They walked along, two continents of experience and feeling,
 unable to communicate." (p. 53  l. 8f)
7    Where does Simon go? Why does he go there?
 

Chapter four: Painted Faces and Long Hair
 

1    How do the boys get used to living on the island?
2    What is Henry´s experience on the beach really about?
3    What does Roger have to do with this episode?
4    How do Jack and Roger prepare themselves for the next hunting trip?
5    What does Piggy "invent" on the beach?
6    Where do Ralph and Piggy see smoke and where do they not see smoke?
7    How does Ralph try to solve the problem?
8    Why is the fire not burning?
9    Jack and the hunters kill a pig.  Why doesn't it turn out to be a feast for everyone?
10    How does Jack defend himself?
11    How does Ralph react?
12    What happens in the conflict between Jack and Piggy?
 

Chapter five:  Beast from Water
 
 

1 What does Ralph prepare himself for in the beginning of the chapter?
2 How is the meeting place described?
3 What quality does Ralph favour about Piggy?
4 Why does Piggy protest - though silently - at the assembly?
5 What are Ralph's main points in his speech to the boys?
6 At the end of the assembly they talk about the beast.  What are Ralph's, Jack's and Piggy's speculations about its existence about?
7 Where and when did Percival meet the beast?
8 Where does it come from in his opinion?
9 What does Simon think the beast is?
10 How does the meeting end?
11 What do you think is the reason that the beast is of such importance?
12 What does Piggy think is going to happen if Ralph gives up?
 
 

Chapter six:  Beast from Air
 
 

1 In the beginning of this chapter a parachutist lands on the island.  How did it happen?  What condition is he in?
2 Which coincidence is responsible for the fact that he is such a scary sight?
3 Who sees him first?  What do they do?
4 What do the boys decide to do about the beast?
5 Who stays in the shelters ?  Who leaves to find out about the beast?
6 Where do they look for the beast first?
7 What do they find there instead of the beast?
8 What is the second place that they want to look for the beast?  Why?
9 Compare the behaviour of Jack and Ralph during the expedition.  Who is braver? Would you call Jack a coward?
 
 

Chapter seven:  Shadows and Tall Trees
 
 

1 What is said about the hygenic conditions of the boys?
2 What does Ralph think about as he gazes at the sea?
3 How does Simon help Ralph?
4 What do we get to know about Ralph's life before the war?
5 Ralph eventually goes hunting with Jack.  How does he do?
6 What happens to Robert after the hunt?
7 Do you think that this ritual is more of a children's game or for real?
8 Who finally leaves for the mountain?  Why do they go there?
9 On the way they stop several times and reconsider their plan.  Why is it such a difficult decision?
10 Comment on the sentence: "Why do you hate me?" (p. 115  l. 10)
11 Who leaves Roger, Jack and Ralph on the way up to the mountain top?
12 What does Jack see on the mountain?
13 What happens when all three of them finally reach the top of the mountain together?
14 How do they get down to the beach?
 
 

Chapter eight:  Gift of the Darkness
 
 

1 What do they tell Piggy when they get back to the shelters?
2 Why is it such a problem not to be able to go to the top of the mountain again?
3 Who calls the next assembly?  Why?
4 What are the accusations brought forward against Ralph?  Are they true?
5 What does Jack want to accomplish?  Why is he not successful at first?
6 How does he react to his defeat?
7 What does Simon suggest to do? What is Piggy's response?
8 Who are the first ones to disappear?  Where do they go to?  Who else later on disappears?
9 Where does Simon go?  What happens to him there?
10 The hunters are more often called savages then hunters in the end.  What does that indicate?
11 The savages kill a pig.  What is the problem though?
12 What is the "Lord of the Flies"?
13 What are Ralph's and Piggy's worries?
14 How do Jack and the savages "organize" their feast?  Who is invited?
15 Who is the new chief?
16 What are the only two important things that remain in the posession of the "Ralph's lot"?
17 Why is the assembly that Ralph calls such a failure?
18 What does the "Lord of the Flies" talk to Simon about?
 
 

Chapter nine:  A View to Death
 

1 Simon became unconscious.  When does he wake up?  What is the first thing he does?
2 What does he discover?
3 What wishes do Ralph and Piggy have?
4 Where have all the others gone meantime?  Do Ralph and Piggy go, too?
5 How does Jack as a chief present himself?  Compare it with Ralph's behaviour.
6 How does Jack manage to keep the savages satisfied with what he does?
7 What does he want the savages to do for him?
8 What arguments does Ralph have on the other hand?
9 What role does the dance "Kill the beast" play?
10 What does Simon report when he comes to the dance?  How do the savages react?
11 Why did Simon die?
 
 

Chapter ten:  The Shell and the Glasses
 

1 Look at the title of the chapter:  What do the two things have in common?  What do they stand for?
2 What do Ralph and Piggy say about Simon's death?
3 Do they feel guilty?
4 Who is left in Ralph's lot?  What do they still try to do?
5 What do Samneric say about Simon's death?
6 How is the "castle" protected? Against whom? Why?
7 How does Jack look upon Ralph and Piggy?  How does he decide to deal with the beast?
8 What is Jack's next plan?
9 What is said about the "double function" of the fire?
10 Why are Ralph and Piggy still afraid to go up to the mountain top?
11 What does Ralph dream about that night?  How do the dream and reality mix?
12 What happens in the fight with the savages?
13 If the glasses are a symbol for wisdom and intelligence how could you interpret what happened to them?
 

Chapter eleven: Castle Rock
 

1 What consequences do the events at the end of chapter ten have for Piggy?
2 What does he want to do about it?
3 Why do they not take their weapons when they go over to "Castle Rock"?
4 What do they take along instead? Why?
5 What do they do before they go?
6 Why do Ralph and Piggy almost get into a fight?
7 Who comes to the last meeting?
8 Ralph asks for the glasses?  What do Jack and him talk about?
9 Who gets arrested by the savages?
10 What happens when Piggy raises the conch and starts to speak?
11 Piggy and the conch befalls the same fate. Which?
12 What happens to Ralph and the twins?
 
 

Chapter twelve:  Cry of the Hunters
 

1 Where is Ralph in the beginning of the chapter?  What physical condition is he in?
2 Why does he want to be close to his enemies?
3 Whom does he meet on the way to the castle?
4 How did Jack force the twins to be on his side?
5 What does Ralph get to know from the twins?
6 What do the twins promise to do?
7 How does Ralph prepare for the hunt?
8 What does the "Cry of the Hunters" refer to?
9 Why do the savages find Ralph in his ambush?
10 Why is the whole island burning in the end?
11 What did the hunters want to use the "sick sharpened at both ends" for?
12 How does Ralph manage to escape?
13 How does the Naval Officer behave when he meets the boys?