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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. As Luke watches, the boy in Chapter 9 goes to the house where the party is and puts his hand through a window with what covering it?
(a) Newspapers.
(b) Wooden boards.
(c) Tall grass.
(d) Cardboard and plastic.

2. What does Luke reach after wandering in Chapter 12?
(a) A waterfall.
(b) A huge city.
(c) A massive mountain.
(d) An abandoned village.

3. How many children are the people allowed to have under the laws of the Population Police in the novel?
(a) 2.
(b) 0.
(c) 3.
(d) 1.

4. How old was Luke when he was discovered hiding out on his parents' farm?
(a) 7.
(b) 15.
(c) 12.
(d) 10.

5. At Population Police Headquarters, what character works in the kitchen and is one of the kids who enlisted in the Population Police to sabotage it from the inside?
(a) Nina.
(b) Luke.
(c) Eli.
(d) Jen.

Short Answer Questions

1. In Chapter 15, Luke and the village people eat in celebration of what?

2. In Chapter 4, Officer Houk has an old woman brought to the town square and tells the crowd the woman is guilty of what?

3. Luke works in what position for the Population Police Headquarters in Chapter 1?

4. When Luke looks at the people of the village with clear eyes, he realizes they are what, in Chapter 14?

5. What does Luke eat with the boy from Chapter 7?

Short Essay Questions

1. Who do the voices turn out to be that Luke hers in the beginning of Chapter 13? How does he escape?

2. What is established in the setting of the novel in Chapter 1? How is the government set up?

3. What do the villagers who saved Luke tell him about their past with the Population Police in Chapter 15?

4. What does Luke dream about in Chapter 11? Where does he go the following morning?

5. What internal conflicts plague the protagonist after his escape in Chapter 10?

6. What happens when the old woman is brought before the crowd in Chapter 4? What does Officer Houk do?

7. What is foreshadowed in the protagonist's escape in Chapter 5?

8. Where does Luke go after escaping danger in Chapter 10? Where does he find shelter?

9. What does Luke perceive about the villagers who help him in Chapter 14? What is their objective?

10. How does Luke perceive Eli and the other villagers in Chapter 16? How does his perception change in the chapter?

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