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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. Who did Luke's Mother hide her pregnancy from?
(a) A few of her friends.
(b) Her brothers.
(c) Her father and sisters.
(d) Everyone, even her own mother and sisters.

2. Why does the girl who pinned Luke down after entering her house let him go?
(a) She realizes he's another third child.
(b) She thinks he's cute.
(c) She's scared of him.
(d) She feels bad for hurting him.

3. What does Luke notice on his 13th day of watching the house where he saw the child's face?
(a) He can spy the outline of a third child at the dinner table.
(b) He glimpses the child's face again.
(c) On a very hot day, the blinds are down, but the family leaves their windows open.
(d) He hears music coming from the house in the middle of the day.

4. What does Dad say is the reason for the tax increase on their property?
(a) They have been suspected to be harboring a third child.
(b) He wouldn't sell anymore of their farmland, so he is being punished.
(c) The government is in financial trouble.
(d) The new houses next door have raised the property value of their home.

5. What makes Luke decide he must act now if he wants to sneak over to the third child's house?
(a) His parents are thinking about locking him in his room all day.
(b) Lots of the trees are being cut down.
(c) The trees are beginning to lose their leaves.
(d) Cops are beginning to scrutinize the area.

Short Answer Questions

1. While the Garner family is eating dinner in Chapter 1, they hear tires on the gravel driveway. Where does Luke scramble off to?

2. How many residents does Luke watch leave their houses before he sneaks over the the third child's house?

3. What does Luke listen to while standing in the woods in Chapter 1?

4. After Jen tells Luke in Chapter 15 that he has come to the right place and to forget that hiding-like-a-mole stuff, what does she tell him that she is?

5. What does Luke beg his mother to convince his dad of in Chapter 9?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Luke's mother do so that the family can pay the property tax bill?

2. Why does Luke have to hide away from other people?

3. How does the author grab the reader's attention right away at the beginning of the book?

4. Even though his family has a startling lack of empathy for his position, how does Luke show his empathy in Chapter 7?

5. Who are the Barons?

6. What are the names that Luke makes up for his new neighbors?

7. Why does it shock Luke to see the young girl from the Sport's Family house using a telephone?

8. What does Luke's mom tell him about how she became pregnant with him in Chapter 2?

9. What happens when Luke comes upon the girl in the Sport's Family's house?

10. Why has the property taxes on Luke's home gone up?

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