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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. In Chapter 15, Luke and the village people eat in celebration of what?
(a) Their independence.
(b) Living another day.
(c) Eli's birthday.
(d) The death of Officer Houk.

2. What does Eli give to Luke in Chapter 16?
(a) Food and a jacket.
(b) Food and water.
(c) A gun and bullets.
(d) A quilt and pillow.

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

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

5. How many children are the people allowed to have under the laws of the Population Police in the novel?
(a) 2.
(b) 0.
(c) 3.
(d) 1.

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

7. How old is Luke in the beginning of the novel?
(a) 15.
(b) 18.
(c) 9.
(d) 13.

8. 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?
(a) Nina.
(b) Luke.
(c) Jen.
(d) Eli.

9. The boy who Luke speaks to in Chapter 8 tells him he is on the side of the people who do what?
(a) Share his beliefs.
(b) Give him money.
(c) Put clothes on his back.
(d) Feed him.

10. As Luke learns from the television in Chapter 18, the people are cheering in front of the police building, where they have raided what?
(a) The food supply.
(b) The evidence lockers.
(c) The garage.
(d) The store of guns.

11. What does Luke do when ordered to shoot the old woman in the square in Chapter 4?
(a) Drops the gun and runs away.
(b) Shoots her repeatedly.
(c) Shoots Officer Houk.
(d) Fires all of his bullets into the air.

12. In Chapter 6, Luke can hear dozens of gun shots, indicating to him that what has happened?
(a) The Population Police have slaughtered the villagers.
(b) He has been spotted.
(c) Someone has tried to warn him.
(d) War has broken out.

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

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. In Chapter 18, the boy who encounters Luke gives him what?

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

3. 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?

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

5. What is Luke's last name in the novel?

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