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1) The boy with ____ ____ - Ralph

A

The boy with fair hair

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1) Returned as a _______-_____ - Ralph

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Returned as a fighter-plane

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1) His face was dark with _______ ________ - Ralph

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His face was dark with violent pleasure

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1) Something ____ was ________ along - Choir

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Something dark was fumbling along

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1) “Choir! _____ ____!” - Jack

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“Choir! Stand still!”

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1) “He’s always ________ a _____” - Simon

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“He’s always throwing a faint”

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1) He was intimidated by the _________ __________ - Piggy

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He was intimidated by the uniformed superiority

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1) The boys were a closed _______ of _________ with Piggy on the outside - Piggy

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The boys were a closed circuit of sympathy with Piggy on the outside

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1) Who kept to himself with an _____ _________ of _________ and _______ - Roger

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Who kept to himself with an inner intensity of avoidance and secrecy

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1) “I ought to be chief,” said Jack with ______ _________ - Jack

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“I ought to be chief,” said Jack with simple arrogance

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1) What ____________ had been shown was traceable to _____ - Piggy

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What intelligence had been shown was traceable to Piggy

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1) There was a _________ about Ralph - Ralph

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There was a stillness about Ralph

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1) “Better Piggy ____ _____” - Ralph

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“Better Piggy than Fatty”

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1) Understand the enormity the ________ ______ would be - Savagery

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Understand the enormity the downward stroke would be

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1) The __________ blood - Savagery

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The unbearable blood

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2) “It’s like in a ____” - Ralph

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“it’s like in a book”

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3) He tried to convey the compulsion to _____ ____ and ____ that was __________ him up - Jack

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He tried to convey the compulsion to tack down and kill that was swallowing him up

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3) Their scent spilled out into the air and ____ __________ of the ______ - Savagery

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Their scent spilled out into the air and took possession of the island

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4) They were very _____, and filthily _____ - Savagery

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They were very brown, and filthily dirty

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4) They enjoyed the _____________ of the __________ - Savagery

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They enjoyed the entertainment of the assemblies

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4) _____ of the old life - Roger

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Taboo of the old life

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4) Roger’s arm was conditioned by a ____________ that knew _______ of him and was __ _____ - Roger

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Roger’s arm was conditioned by a civilisation that knew nothing of him and was in ruins

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4) A darker ______ crept beneath the ___________ of his skin - Rodger

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A darker shadow crept beneath the swarthiness of his skin

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4) His laughter became a ____________ ________ - Jack

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His laughter became a bloodthirsty snarling

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4) Liberated from _____ and ____-_____________ -Jack

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Liberated from shame and self-consciousness

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4) The mask was _ _____ __ ___ ___ - Jack

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The mask was a thing on its own

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4) The mask _________ them - Savagery

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The mask compelled them

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4) Piggy was an ________ - Piggy

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Piggy was an outsider

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4) “Kill the pig. ___ ___ ______. _____ __ _____.” - Savagery

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“Kill the pig. Cut her throat. Spill her blood”

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4) said Jack, proudly, and ___ ________ - Jack

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said Jack proudly, and yet he twitched

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4) “You should have seen the ______” - Jack

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“You should have seen the blood!”

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5) He lost himself in a ____ __ ________ that were rendered vague by his ____ __ _____ to express - Ralph

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He lost himself in a maze of thoughts that were rendered vague by his lack of words to express them

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5) Remembering the _______, the _____, the ____, the talk go ____ - Ralph

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Remembering the beastie, the snake, the fire, the talk of fear

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5) Talk of a thing, a ____ _____ - Ralph (Jack)

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Talk of a thing, a dark thing

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5) Life,” said Piggy expansively, “is ___________, _____ ____ __ __” - Piggy

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Life,” said Piggy expansively, “if scientific, that’s what it is”

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5) Unless we get __________ of people - Piggy

A

Unless we get frightened of people

37
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5) He ________ ____ from the memory - Ralph

A

He flinched away from the memory

38
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5) ________ _________ to speak; but to speak in assembly was a terrible thing to him - Simon

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Perilous necessity to speak; but to speak in assembly was a terrible thing to him

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5) Simon became ____________ in his efforts to express ________ _________ _______ - Simon

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Simon became inarticulate in his efforts to express mankind’s essential illness

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5) That ______________ and ______ world, was slipping away - Savagery

A

That understandable and lawful world, was slipping away

41
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5) “What’s grownups _____ __ _____?” -Piggy

A

“What’s grownups going to think?”

42
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5) “________ to the rules!” -Jack

A

“Bollocks to the rules!”

43
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5) Inarticulate _________

A

Inarticulate gibbering

44
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6) Soon the darkness was full of claws, full of the _____ ______ and ______ - Savagery

A

Soon the darkness was full of claws, full of the awful unknown and menace

45
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6) He held up the _____ instead and showed it to them and they __________ - Ralph

A

He held up the shell instead and showed it to them and they understood

46
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6) The picture of a human at once ______ and ____ - Simon

A

The picture of a human at once heroic and sick

47
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7) A _____ in the darkness, a _____ that was ____ - Jack

A

A stain in the darkness, a stain that was Jack

48
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7) ____ of a face - Parachutist

A

Ruin of a face

49
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8) “What about my _______?” - Jack
“Boys _____ with ______” - Ralph

A

“What about my hunters?”
“Boys armed with sticks”

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8) “The beast is a ______” - Jack

A

“The beast is a hunter”

51
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8) “I’m not going to ____ ___ ______. Not with you” - Jack

A

“I’m not going to play any longer. Not with you”

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8) Only Piggy could have the ____________ ______ to suggest moving the fire form the mountain - Piggy

A

Only Piggy could have the intellectual daring to suggest moving the fire from the mountain

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8) “This head is for the beast. ___ _ ____” -Jack

A

“This heads for the beast. It’s a gift”

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8) His gaze was held by that _______, ___________ recognition - Simon

A

His gaze was held by that ancient, inescapable recognition

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8) “Jack” A _____ was ________ round that word too - Jack

A

“Jack” A taboo was evolving around that word too

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8) He was safe from _____ or ____-_____________ behind the mask of his paint - Jack

A

He was safe from shame or self-consciousness behind the mask of his paint

57
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8) “____ ____ on a stick” - Simon

A

“Pigs head on a stick”

58
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9) _______ reapplied - Simon

A

Nothing replied

59
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9) His tongue gave him ____ - Simon

A

His tongue gave him pain

60
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9) He turned to the ____ _____ and sat stinking by his side - Simon

A

He turned to the poor thing and sat stinking by his side

61
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9) The beast was ________ and ________ - Savagery

A

The beast was harmless and horrible

62
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9) A light patch among the ______ - Hope

A

A light patch among the clouds

63
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9) Roasting pigment into the _________ ______ - Savagery

A

Roasting pigment into the invisible flames

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9) “Come away. There’s _____ __ __ _______” - Piggy

A

“Come away. There’s going to be trouble”

65
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9) Jack stood up and _____ ___ _____ - Jack

A

Jack stood up and waved his spear

66
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9) The ______ were _______ now against the dull light - Savagery

A

The flames were visible now against the dull light

67
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9) The circle became a _________ - Savagery

A

The circle became a horseshoe

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9) There were no words, and no movements but the ______ of _____ and _____ - Savagery

A

There were no words, and no movements but the tearing of teeth and claws

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9) The dark sky was _________ by a ____-_____ scar - Savagery

A

The dark sky was shattered by a blue-white scar

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10) “There was that–____ ______ _____” - Piggy

A

“There was that–that bloody dance”

71
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10) Ralph shuddered at the _____ _______ - Ralph

A

Ralph shuddered at the human contact

72
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10) “It was an _______” - Piggy

A

“It was an accident”

73
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10) Memory of the dance that none of them has attended _____ all four boys ____________ - Savagery

A

Memory of the dance that none of them had attended shook all four boys convulsively

74
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10) Rodger _______ - Roger

A

Roger admired

75
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11) “Because what’s ______ _____” - Piggy

A

“Because what’s right’s right”

76
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11) They understood only too well the liberation into savagery that the __________ _____ brought - Savagery

A

They understood only too well the liberation into savagery that the concealing paint Brough

77
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11) “Your’e a _____ and a _____ and a bloody, bloody _____!” - Ralph

A

“Your’e a beast and a swine and a bloody, bloody thief!”

78
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11) “Your’e acting like a ______ of ____.” - Piggy

A

“Your’e acting like a crowd of kids.”

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11) “Which is better, ___ and _____, or _______ and _________ things up?” - Piggy

A

“Which is better, law and rescue, or hunting and breaking things up?”

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11) The ________ ______ clung round him - Roger

A

The hangman’s horror clung around him

81
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12) This was a savage whose image refused to blend with that _______ ________ __ _ ___ __ ______ ___ _____ - Savagery

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This was a savage whose image refused to blend with that ancient picture of a boy in shorts and shirt

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12) Skull that _______ as _____ as ever the conch had done - Savagery

A

Skull that gleamed as white as ever the conch had done

83
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12) Darkness and the _______ of _____ said no - Savagery

A

Darkness and the horrors of death said no

84
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12) “Roger sharpened a stick __ ____ ____” - (Ralph)

A

“Roger sharpened a stick at both ends”

85
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12) Conscious of his ______ _________ - Savagery

A

Conscious of his filthy appearance

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12) A semicircle of _____ boys, their bodies streaked with ________ ____, sharp _____ in their hands, were standing on the beach making __ _____ at all - Savagery

A

A semicircle of little boys, their bodies streaked with coloured clay, sharp sticks in their hands, were standing on the beach making no noise at all