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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 objects are in the secret room of the Population Police Headquarters with themes speaking against third children?
2. When Luke tries to make his way to the stage to talk to the boy as he is descending, Luke notices there are what surrounding the stage in Chapter 27?
3. What friends show up to help Luke in Chapter 33?
4. What did Luke wear to dinner nightly when he lived with the family after leaving his parents' farm?
5. Two of the major events that led to the governmental overthrow were events Luke was involved in. What was the second?
Short Essay Questions
1. What does Luke overhear while in hiding in Chapter 25?
2. What does Luke attempt to convince himself in Chapter 26? What lends doubt to this thought?
3. What role does Jenny play in Luke's plan in Chapter 30? What is foreshadowed in the end of this chapter?
4. Who cries out from the crowd to defend Luke in Chapter 32? What does she suggest?
5. How does the author describe the scene at the Population Police Headquarters in Chapter 20?
6. What are the principal fears faced by Luke in Chapter 22? What propels him to overcome his fears?
7. What actions does the protagonist take in the climax of the narrative in Chapter 31?
8. How are Oscar and the boy from Chiutza similar? How is this illustrated in Chapter 29?
9. What is symbolized by the change in the weather in Chapter 22?
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 identify different types of conflict the protagonist faces in the narrative. Why is Luke doubtful of himself in Chapter 10? How does this relate to inner conflict? What are the internal, external, and relational conflicts facing Luke in Chapter 10? How do these internal and external conflicts relate to one another?
Essay Topic 3
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?
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