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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. According to the villagers in Chapter 15, the Population Police made them grow what crops?
(a) Onions and garlic.
(b) Corn and soybeans.
(c) Oats and berries.
(d) Cabbage and potatoes.

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

3. What is a literary term defined as the events that make up a story, particularly as they relate to one another in a pattern?
(a) Plot.
(b) Metaphor.
(c) Setting.
(d) Style.

4. Whose voice does Luke hear calling to him to get up and do something in Chapter 11?
(a) Aldous Krakenaur's.
(b) Eli's.
(c) Jen's.
(d) Officer Houk's.

5. How does Luke escape from the Population Police in the abandoned house in Chapter 13?
(a) From the roof.
(b) Through a hole.
(c) Through the front door.
(d) Through the back door.

6. Where does Luke attempt to get water in Chapter 17?
(a) A stream.
(b) A bucket by a house.
(c) An old well.
(d) A pond.

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

8. What represents an appeal to the audience's or the reader's emotions in literature and drama?
(a) Logos.
(b) Ethos.
(c) Pathos.
(d) Magos.

9. What are third (or beyond) children born to a family known as in the novel and the series?
(a) Mortal Children.
(b) Shadow Children.
(c) Extra Children.
(d) Ghost Children.

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

11. In literature, what refers to the inherent incompatibility between the objectives of two or more characters or forces?
(a) Symbolism.
(b) Juxtaposition.
(c) Conflict.
(d) Oxymoron.

12. 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) Plot.
(b) Metaphor.
(c) Protagonist.
(d) Pathos.

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

14. 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.

15. What refers to an object, thing, action or situation that causes an obstruction?
(a) Oxymoron.
(b) Pathos.
(c) Obstacle.
(d) Protagonist.

Short Answer Questions

1. How old was Luke when he was discovered hiding out on his parents' farm?

2. Who saves the boy in Chapter 9 from the villagers?

3. What does Luke eat with the boy from Chapter 7?

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?

5. What occurs when a character is in disagreement with him or herself?

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