Read the following extract which takes place just after the leadership vote has happened. Then answer the questions which follow.
Ralph raised a hand for silence.
"All right. Who wants Jack for chief?"
With dreary obedience the choir raised their hands.
"Who wants me?"
Every hand outside the choir except Piggy's was raised immediately. Then Piggy, too, raised his hand grudgingly into the air.
Ralph counted.
"I'm chief then."
The circle of boys broke into applause. Even the choir applauded; and the freckles on Jack's face disappeared under a blush of mortification. He started up, then changed his mind and sat down again while the air rang.
Ralph looked at him, eager to offer something.
"The choir belongs to you, of course."
"They could be the army—"
"Or hunters—"
"They could be—"
The suffusion drained away from Jack's face. Ralph waved again for silence.
"Jack's in charge of the choir. They can be—what do you want them to be?"
"Hunters."
Jack and Ralph smiled at each other with shy liking.
Why does the choir vote for Jack?