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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What does Luke see from the window before he goes to bed in Chapter 16?
(a) A group of bats.
(b) A shooting star.
(c) Men on horseback.
(d) A line of headlights coming to the village.

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

4. In Chapter 12, Luke hides as what approaches?
(a) Horses.
(b) A plane.
(c) A train.
(d) A truck.

5. 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) Symbolism.
(b) Suspense.
(c) Foreshadowing.
(d) Plot.

6. In Chapter 16, Eli confesses that they used to turn in people with what to receive food in return?
(a) Exotic pets.
(b) Guns.
(c) Third children.
(d) Drugs.

7. Who picked up the gun that was dropped, according to the boy's story to Luke in Chapter 8?
(a) Philip Twinings.
(b) Nina.
(c) Officer Houk.
(d) The villagers.

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

9. What does Luke hear as he falls asleep in Chapter 5?
(a) Jackals.
(b) Gun shots.
(c) Wolves.
(d) Lions.

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

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

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

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

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

15. When Luke looks at the people of the village with clear eyes, he realizes they are what, in Chapter 14?
(a) Sleep deprived.
(b) Very religious.
(c) Starving.
(d) Angry with him.

Short Answer Questions

1. When the boy in Chapter 18 realizes Luke does not know what's going on, he takes him to a house where people are doing what?

2. 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?

3. What represents an appeal to the audience's or the reader's emotions in literature and drama?

4. What are incompatibilities in how two or more individuals relate to one another?

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

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