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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. Which direction does Luke decide to head after waking up in Chapter 11?
(a) Away from town.
(b) North.
(c) East.
(d) Towards town.

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

4. How does Luke injure himself upon awakening in Chapter 11?
(a) He startles a snake that had slept next to him.
(b) He rolls down a cliff.
(c) He hits his head on a rock.
(d) He pokes his eye on a branch.

5. Who is the old man who saves Luke from the Population Police when Luke escapes from the abandoned village?
(a) Eli.
(b) Oscar.
(c) Aldous.
(d) Philip.

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

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

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

9. How old was Luke when he was discovered hiding out on his parents' farm?
(a) 7.
(b) 15.
(c) 12.
(d) 10.

10. 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) Gravel.
(c) Grass seed.
(d) Wood chips.

11. Where does Luke attempt to get water in Chapter 17?
(a) An old well.
(b) A stream.
(c) A pond.
(d) A bucket by a house.

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

13. In fiction, what refers to the manner in which the author tells the story?
(a) Symbolism.
(b) Metaphor.
(c) Style.
(d) Plot.

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

15. 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) 12:00 p.m.
(b) 7:00 p.m.
(c) 3:30 p.m.
(d) 11:00 p.m.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. The villagers who help Luke when he escapes the Population Police in Chapter 13 ask if he is wearing what?

3. Approximately how long have the Population Police been in power in the novel?

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

5. What is a literary device in which an author indistinctly suggests certain plot developments that might come later in the story?

(see the answer keys)

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