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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) Corn and soybeans.
(b) Cabbage and potatoes.
(c) Oats and berries.
(d) Onions and garlic.

2. What does Luke hear in the end of Chapter 12?
(a) Dogs.
(b) Wolves.
(c) Voices.
(d) Gunshots.

3. As Luke watches, the boy in Chapter 9 goes to the house where the party is and puts his hand through a window with what covering it?
(a) Tall grass.
(b) Newspapers.
(c) Wooden boards.
(d) Cardboard and plastic.

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

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

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

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

8. Why does Luke turn his shirt inside out in Chapter 9?
(a) It will keep in body heat better.
(b) It symbolizes rebellion.
(c) It is a darker color on the inside.
(d) To hide the police insignia.

9. 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?
(a) Eli.
(b) Jen.
(c) Luke.
(d) Officer Houk.

10. 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) Put him to work.
(c) Complain to his parents.
(d) Beat him up.

11. What do Luke and the villagers eat in celebration in Chapter 15?
(a) Grubs and berries.
(b) Bread and broth.
(c) Oats and corn.
(d) Fish and soybeans.

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

13. In Chapter 12, when a man yells that he is on official Population Police business, what happens?
(a) Dogs start barking.
(b) Gunfire erupts.
(c) The people scatter.
(d) The engine stalls.

14. In Chapter 3, Luke's job is to place _________ on the path the security officer takes to repair a broken fence?
(a) Horse manure.
(b) Wood chips.
(c) Grass seed.
(d) Gravel.

15. In Chapter 17, Luke spends the night where?
(a) In a cave.
(b) In an abandoned village.
(c) In a church.
(d) In the woods.

Short Answer Questions

1. After finding shelter in Chapter 10, Luke vows to find what the following day?

2. According to the villagers in Chapter 15, the Population Police made them do what with their crops?

3. When Luke wakes up in Chapter 17, he realizes that what blew over his camp during the night to camouflage him from his enemies?

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

5. What does the boy in Chapter 9 claim to have done when threatened by the villagers?

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