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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

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

4. 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) Wooden boards.
(b) Tall grass.
(c) Cardboard and plastic.
(d) Newspapers.

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

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

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

8. 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.

9. What is a literary term defined as the events that make up a story, particularly as they relate to one another in a pattern?
(a) Plot.
(b) Setting.
(c) Style.
(d) Metaphor.

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

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

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

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

14. What represents an appeal to the audience's or the reader's emotions in literature and drama?
(a) Magos.
(b) Ethos.
(c) Logos.
(d) Pathos.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. 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?

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

3. What is Luke's last name in the novel?

4. What is the name of Eli's daughter in the novel?

5. In Chapter 6, Luke can hear dozens of gun shots, indicating to him that what has happened?

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