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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How does Jen say her dad would react if he knew she'd been looking out the window?
(a) He would cry.
(b) He would beat her.
(c) He would laugh.
(d) He would be furious.

2. Luke realizes his home is not a sanctuary but a ___________.
(a) Hide out.
(b) Prison.
(c) Zoo.
(d) Black hole.

3. What does Luke's father get angry with him for asking about in Chapter 1?
(a) For asking if he'll be able to look out the windows when people move into the new houses.
(b) For asking when he'll be able to go outside again.
(c) For asking about why he must sleep in the attic.
(d) For asking for seconds at dinner.

4. What amazes Jen about Luke in Chapter 15?
(a) That he had the guts to sneak over to her house.
(b) That he is crying.
(c) That he has never seen a girl before.
(d) That he has never met anybody outside of his parents and brothers.

5. Since not being able to eat breakfast with the whole family, why doesn't Luke ask for butter for his toast anymore?
(a) His mom gives him jam now.
(b) He will get yelled at for being a nusiance.
(c) Someone would have to pretend they forgot something in order to safely pass him the butter dish.
(d) He doesn't like butter anymore.

6. What does Luke's Dad do every day at lunchtime?
(a) Turns on the radio and eats lunch.
(b) Watches television and eats take-out.
(c) Sits and chats with Luke while they eat lunch.
(d) Reads a book while eating what his wife left him for lunch.

7. Who is going to be living in the new houses being built next to Luke's home?
(a) Immigrants.
(b) Government workers and other city folk.
(c) Soldiers.
(d) Miners and their families.

8. What did Luke's mother and father see on TV while pregnant that scared them?
(a) Ads advertising the reward for turning in people who have more than two children.
(b) The Government's ads talking about how the Population Police would do anything to enforce the law.
(c) Pictures of what the Population Police does to third babies.
(d) Stories of what the Population Police does to pregnant women.

9. What does the girl, whose house Luke broke into, say about the Government monitoring phone calls?
(a) They have bigger problems to worry about.
(b) Her parents are too rich for the Government to bother.
(c) They are too stupid to notice anything.
(d) They are understaffed and too incompetent to do a good job monitoring phone calls.

10. How old was Luke when he finally realized that not all children had to hide from visitors?
(a) Six.
(b) Nine.
(c) Seven.
(d) Eight.

11. What does Luke yell out in a panic to the girl whose house he has just broke into?
(a) "Please don't hurt me!"
(b) "Let me go!"
(c) "I'll get you!"
(d) "Population Police!"

12. How do the people moving next to Luke's family's home dress?
(a) Dirty.
(b) Elegantly.
(c) Preppy.
(d) Trashy.

13. How many residents does Luke watch leave their houses before he sneaks over the the third child's house?
(a) 18.
(b) 28.
(c) 30.
(d) 20.

14. After Luke's mother calls him to come into the house from the woods, what does Luke do for the first time in his life?
(a) He runs away and hides.
(b) He yells "no" at her.
(c) He comes immediately.
(d) He does not obey right away.

15. What does Mother do when she opens the tax bill?
(a) She begins to weep over it.
(b) She tears it to pieces.
(c) She clutches it to her chest.
(d) She is so startled she drops it.

Short Answer Questions

1. After Mark leaves Luke's room, what does Luke notice light pouring out of in his room?

2. What has Luke been taught all his life to fear?

3. What do Matthew and Mark do while Mom is at work and Dad is fixing the machinery?

4. While sitting on the attic step, after how many weeks does Luke finally give up trying to keep up with his family's conversation at meal times?

5. What name do Luke's Mom and Dad call the new residents that will be living next to them?

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