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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. Luke asks Jen how she is able to meet other people if she is a third child like him; what does Jen explain that her parents do?
(a) Trust only a select amount of people.
(b) Plead with people.
(c) Bribe people.
(d) Threaten people.

2. What do Dad, Matthew, and Mark load up for slaughter at the beginning of Chapter 6?
(a) Hogs.
(b) Cows.
(c) Sheep.
(d) Goats.

3. 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) The government is in financial trouble.
(c) The new houses next door have raised the property value of their home.
(d) He wouldn't sell anymore of their farmland, so he is being punished.

4. What does Luke notice first as he makes his way outside to sneak over to the third child's house?
(a) The feel of the sun on his face.
(b) The crunch of gravel under his feet.
(c) The breeze ruffling his clothes.
(d) The fresh air on his face.

5. What do Matthew and Mark do while Mom is at work and Dad is fixing the machinery?
(a) Harvest the fields.
(b) Take care of the animals and yard.
(c) Plow the fields.
(d) They are in school.

Short Answer Questions

1. What do Luke's parents tell him that the Government forced them to sell?

2. Why doesn't Luke protest about not being able to eat at the kitchen table anymore?

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

4. Luke begins watching the house where he saw the child's face constantly, on which day of his vigil does he see the blinds flip up and down quickly in an upstairs window?

5. What does Mark yell when he knocks on Luke's bedroom door in Chapter 3?

Short Essay Questions

1. What is Luke's father's attitude about Luke?

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

3. What does Luke realize about his home as he prepares to sprint over to the Sport's Family's house?

4. Does Luke know what will happen to him if he is seen looking out a window in his house?

5. What does Luke notice changing that makes him decide he'd better act fast if he wants to sneak over to the Sports Family's house?

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

7. Who are the Barons?

8. Why does Luke's favorite toy, his train, cause him to be sad?

9. What does Luke's mom do when they hear tires on the gravel driveway in Chapter 1?

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

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