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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who is the leader of the Population Police and the government in the novel?

2. Who takes Luke and the other boys to the town of Chiutza to knock on each door to summon the residents for a town meeting in Chapter 2?

3. What are third (or beyond) children born to a family known as in the novel and the series?

4. What occurs when a character is in disagreement with him or herself?

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

Short Essay Questions

1. Who does Luke believe may be calling out to him in Chapter 17? What is foreshadowed in this chapter?

2. What conflicts does Luke face with the boy he meets in Chapter 7? What is Luke's objective?

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

4. How do the villagers effectively protect the protagonist in Chapter 14?

5. What is established about Luke's past through exposition in Chapter 2?

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

7. What past plan does Luke recall with Nina in Chapter 3?

8. What internal struggle does the protagonist face regarding the change in power in Chapter 12?

9. Whose memory drives the protagonist toward his goals in the narrative? How does this character propel Luke in Chapter 6?

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Analyze and discuss the theme of freedom in the novel. What does freedom mean to Luke? What does it mean to the villagers? What internal conflicts does Luke face in Chapter 20 in regards to freedom and its meaning? How has Luke's vision of freedom changed by the end of the narrative?

Essay Topic 2

Describe and discuss Luke's relationship with Jenny and the setting of the stables in the novel. What do the stables mean to Luke and why does he go there in Chapter 21? How does Jenny symbolically relate to Luke? How does she help him in his mission?

Essay Topic 3

Compare and contrast the characters of Luke and Officer Houk in the novel. What is Luke's history with the Population Police? What is Officer Houk's? What relationship do these characters have with one another in the beginning of the novel? How does Luke feel about Houk?

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