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

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

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

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

5. What are third (or beyond) children born to a family known as in the novel and the series?
(a) Ghost Children.
(b) Shadow Children.
(c) Mortal Children.
(d) Extra Children.

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

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

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

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

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) Beat him up.
(c) Shoot him.
(d) Put him to work.

11. Who saves the boy in Chapter 9 from the villagers?
(a) Officer Houk.
(b) Nina.
(c) Philip Twinings.
(d) Luke.

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

13. According to the villagers in Chapter 15, the Population Police made them do what with their crops?
(a) Feed them to the animals.
(b) Compost them.
(c) Preserve and store them.
(d) Hand them over.

14. How does Luke escape from the Population Police in the abandoned house in Chapter 13?
(a) Through the front door.
(b) Through a hole.
(c) From the roof.
(d) Through the back door.

15. What is the location where Luke works when he is working for the Population Police?
(a) The automotive shop.
(b) The horse stables.
(c) The front desk.
(d) The firing range.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who takes Luke and the other boys to the town of Chiutza to knock on each door to summon the residents for a town meeting in Chapter 2?

2. In Chapter 7, Luke presses the boy for information and the boy takes him to what that he is turning into his shelter?

3. The boy in Chapter 7 tells Luke the driver left him behind when the villagers did what?

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

5. What is a literary term defined as the events that make up a story, particularly as they relate to one another in a pattern?

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