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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. In Chapter 15, the villagers say the ruins Luke ran from were what?
(a) Their old homes.
(b) An old church.
(c) The governor's mansion.
(d) The original headquarters of the Population Police.

2. In Chapter 3, when the jeep arrives in Chiutza, the officer assigns each boy and the driver a street to tell the residents to be in the town square by what time?
(a) 3:30 p.m.
(b) 7:00 p.m.
(c) 11:00 p.m.
(d) 12:00 p.m.

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

4. What refers to a feeling of uncertainty and anxiety about the outcome of certain actions, most often referring to an audience's perceptions in a dramatic work?
(a) Suspense.
(b) Symbolism.
(c) Plot.
(d) Foreshadowing.

5. What is the name of Eli's wife in the novel?
(a) Jen.
(b) Nina.
(c) Adriana.
(d) Aileen.

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

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

8. Luke finds his way back to what town after hiding out in Chapter 6?
(a) Rituk.
(b) Trenk.
(c) Chiutza.
(d) Sange.

9. What does Luke eat with the boy from Chapter 7?
(a) Fish.
(b) Pork.
(c) Fruit.
(d) Grain.

10. In Chapter 4, Officer Houk tells Luke to pick up the old woman and take her to the town square where he can do what?
(a) Yell at her.
(b) Issue her an I.D. card.
(c) Write her a ticket.
(d) Shoot her publicly.

11. 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) Suspense.
(c) Dramatic irony.
(d) Symbolism.

12. What is Luke's last name in the novel?
(a) Jenkins.
(b) Phillips.
(c) Garner.
(d) Weaver.

13. What occurs when a character is in disagreement with him or herself?
(a) Relational conflict.
(b) External conflict.
(c) Impulsive conflict.
(d) Inner conflict.

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

15. According to the villagers in Chapter 15, the Population Police made them do what with their crops?
(a) Preserve and store them.
(b) Hand them over.
(c) Compost them.
(d) Feed them to the animals.

Short Answer Questions

1. As Luke learns from the television in Chapter 18, the people are cheering in front of the police building, where they have raided what?

2. At Population Police Headquarters, what character works in the kitchen and is one of the kids who enlisted in the Population Police to sabotage it from the inside?

3. In Chapter 10, Luke runs from the shooting back where?

4. Who is the leader of the Population Police and the government in the novel?

5. In Chapter 8, the boy explains to Luke that when he came around the corner to get a new street assignment from Officer Hook, he saw who holding a gun?

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