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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. The boy in Chapter 7 tells Luke the driver left him behind when the villagers did what?
(a) Got their I.D. cards.
(b) Called a town meeting.
(c) Shot Officer Houk.
(d) Set fire to the town.

2. What is a literary device in which an author indistinctly suggests certain plot developments that might come later in the story?
(a) Metaphor.
(b) Symbolism.
(c) Simile.
(d) Foreshadowing.

3. 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.

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

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

6. 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) Symbolism.
(b) Dramatic irony.
(c) Suspense.
(d) Verbal irony.

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

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) Luke.
(b) Jen.
(c) Eli.
(d) Nina.

9. What does Luke learn has taken place in Chapter 18?
(a) An election.
(b) A solar eclipse.
(c) An earthquake.
(d) A peaceful overthrow of the government.

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

11. 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 belongings.
(b) Their books.
(c) Their car.
(d) Their dog.

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

13. What does Luke find to eat from in Chapter 11?
(a) A pond.
(b) A walnut tree.
(c) An apple tree.
(d) A soybean crop.

14. What refers to the exercise of authority or power in a burdensome, cruel, or unjust manner?
(a) Oppression.
(b) Terrorism.
(c) Liberation.
(d) Torture.

15. Luke works in what position for the Population Police Headquarters in Chapter 1?
(a) Junior Marshall.
(b) Stable hand.
(c) Janitor.
(d) Secretary.

Short Answer Questions

1. 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?

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

3. With whom did Luke run away and obtain a fake I.D. in the novel?

4. What does Luke have nightmares about as he sleeps in Chapter 11?

5. How does Luke injure himself upon awakening in Chapter 11?

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