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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is a literary figure of speech that uses an image, story or tangible thing to represent a less tangible thing or some intangible quality or idea?
(a) Pathos.
(b) Metaphor.
(c) Protagonist.
(d) Plot.

2. What do the rebels find in the truck in Chapter 12?
(a) Medical supplies.
(b) Money.
(c) Food.
(d) Ammunition.

3. When Luke tries to wake Eli and his wife in Chapter 16, they tell him that they won't run but he should take what with him?
(a) Their dog.
(b) Their car.
(c) Their books.
(d) Their belongings.

4. A horde of men come rushing from the house where the party is taking place in Chapter 9 and threaten to do what to the boy?
(a) Shoot him.
(b) Complain to his parents.
(c) Put him to work.
(d) Beat him up.

5. In literature, what is the central topic, subject, or concept addressed in a story?
(a) Action.
(b) Objective.
(c) Theme.
(d) Obstacle.

6. In Chapter 14, the people of the village stand in a line of solidarity against whom?
(a) Aileen Mootispaw.
(b) Philip Twinings.
(c) The Population Police.
(d) Eli.

7. In Chapter 7, Luke presses the boy for information and the boy takes him to what that he is turning into his shelter?
(a) A shed.
(b) A cellar.
(c) A cave.
(d) A church.

8. What does Luke have nightmares about as he sleeps in Chapter 11?
(a) Vampires.
(b) Werewolves.
(c) Ghosts.
(d) Aliens.

9. What is the name of the boy who meets Luke in Chapter 18 and goes with him to the Population Police Headquarters?
(a) Don Everts.
(b) Ricky Everts.
(c) Mark Everts.
(d) James Everts.

10. Who saves the boy in Chapter 9 from the villagers?
(a) Officer Houk.
(b) Nina.
(c) Luke.
(d) Philip Twinings.

11. What arise from obstacles located outside the protagonist including nature, the supernatural, or society?
(a) Relational conflicts.
(b) Impulsive conflicts.
(c) Inner conflicts.
(d) External conflicts.

12. The boy in Chapter 7 tells Luke that this is his territory now and that Luke has to do what?
(a) Defend it to the death.
(b) Look out for intruders.
(c) Leave.
(d) Stay and help him.

13. In what literary device does the author cause a character to speak or act erroneously out of ignorance of some portion of the truth of which the reader/audience is aware?
(a) Verbal irony.
(b) Dramatic irony.
(c) Symbolism.
(d) Suspense.

14. In fiction, what refers to the manner in which the author tells the story?
(a) Metaphor.
(b) Symbolism.
(c) Plot.
(d) Style.

15. After finding shelter in Chapter 10, Luke vows to find what the following day?
(a) Weapons.
(b) Fire starting materials.
(c) Food.
(d) A companion.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who picked up the gun that was dropped, according to the boy's story to Luke in Chapter 8?

2. What is the location where Luke works when he is working for the Population Police?

3. How many children are the people allowed to have under the laws of the Population Police in the novel?

4. In Chapter 6, Luke can hear dozens of gun shots, indicating to him that what has happened?

5. Who is the old man who saves Luke from the Population Police when Luke escapes from the abandoned village?

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