Piggy

Question 1

Piggy - Chapter 1

Answer 1

‘He was shorter than the fair boy and very fat. He came forward, searching out safe lodgments for his feet, and then looked up through thick spectacles.’

Question 2

Piggy - Chapter 1

Answer 2

‘Piggy asked no names. He was intimidated by this uniformed superiority and the offhand authority in Merridew’s voice.’

Question 3

Piggy - Chapter 2

Answer 3

‘Then, with the martyred expression of a parent who has to keep up with the senseless ebullience of the children, ‘

Question 4

Piggy - Chapter 2 #2

Answer 4

'’You got your small fire all right.’’

Question 5

Piggy - Chapter 5

Answer 5

‘Piggy, for all his ludicrous body, had brains. Ralph was a specialist in thought now, and could recognize thought in another.’

Question 6

Piggy - Chapter 8

Answer 6

‘Piggy was […] so full of pride in his contribution to the good of society […] that he helped to fetch wood. ‘

Question 7

Piggy - Chapter 10

Answer 7

'’We was on the outside. We never done nothing, we never seen nothing.’’

Question 8

Piggy - Chapter 6

Answer 8

‘I’m scared of him, and that’s why I know him. If you’re scared of someone you hate him but you can’t stop thinking about him. You kid yourself he’s all right really, an’ then when you see him again; it’s like asthma an’ you can’t breathe.’

Question 9

Piggy - Chapter 11

Answer 9

'’This is ‘jus talk… I want my glasses.’’

Question 10

Piggy - Chapter 11

Answer 10

'’Ralph – remember what we came for. The fire. My specs.’’

Question 11

Piggy - Chapter 11

Answer 11

'’Which is better – to have laws and agree, or to hunt and kill?’’

Question 12

Piggy - Chapter 11

Answer 12

‘The rock struck Piggy a glancing blow from chin to knee; the conch exploded into a thousand white fragments and ceased to exist.’

Question 13

Piggy - Chapter 11

Answer 13

‘Piggy’s arms and legs twitched a bit, like a pig’s after it has been killed.’

Question 14

Piggy - Chapter 12

Answer 14

‘What was the sensible thing to do? There was no Piggy to talk sense.’