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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. What is a used as a religious symbol in Chapter 32?
2. When Luke retraces his steps back to the secret room, a man blocking the way tells Luke that they found what in the area?
3. At the beginning of a literary narrative, what is the author's providing of some background information to the audience about the plot, characters' histories, setting, and theme?
4. When a handicapped boy tells his story to the interviewer in Chapter 27, Luke recognizes him as the stable hand that asked the Population Police for what?
5. In Chapter 22, Luke changes into a long sleeve shirt that does not have what on it?
Short Essay Questions
1. What new viewpoints arise in the interviews on the stage at the Population Police Headquarters in Chapter 28?
2. How is the scene of departure in Don's truck described in Chapter 19?
3. What symbolism is used to illustrate the power of the Population Police and obstacles to Luke in Chapter 28?
4. What symbolism does the author employ in Chapter 32? What fears does Luke face?
5. Who cries out from the crowd to defend Luke in Chapter 32? What does she suggest?
6. What does Luke attempt to convince himself in Chapter 26? What lends doubt to this thought?
7. What moral message does Luke realize in the denouement of the narrative in Chapter 33?
8. What do the horse stables represent to Luke? How is this explored in Chapter 21?
9. How does the protagonist recall the Grant family in Chapter 24? Where is Luke located?
10. Who comes to join Luke in tearing down the signs in Chapter 33? What signs of hope does Luke point out?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
Describe and discuss the character of Aldous Krakenaur in the narrative. How is Aldous Krakenaur depicted by the author? How is he regarded by Luke? What power does Luke realize Aldous Krakenaur still has in Chapter 26? What happens to Krakenaur at the end of the novel?
Essay Topic 2
Define and discuss foreshadowing in the novel and in Chapter 17. How does the author use foreshadowing in the chapter to develop suspense? What are the different purposes that an author uses foreshadowing for? Why does the author use foreshadowing in Among the Free?
Essay Topic 3
Define, identify and analyze symbolism, metaphor and simile in the novel. How is the imagery of Luke's nightmares symbolic and what does it represent? What is symbolic about Luke's discovery of water, food and transportation in Chapter 11? How do simile and metaphor differ and what are examples of each in the novel?
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