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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Two of the major events that led to the governmental overthrow were events Luke was involved in. What was the first?
(a) Putting manure on the path.
(b) Luke's refusal to kill the old woman.
(c) Killing the old woman.
(d) Killing the dictator.

2. In Chapter 25, Luke crawls to hide as someone enters the room speaking to whom by radio?
(a) Melton.
(b) Philip Twinings.
(c) Aldous Krakenaur.
(d) Oscar Wydell.

3. When was Margaret Peterson Haddix born?
(a) 1948.
(b) 1964.
(c) 1951.
(d) 1973.

4. When Luke tries to make his way to the stage to talk to the boy as he is descending, Luke notices there are what surrounding the stage in Chapter 27?
(a) Wolves.
(b) Bodyguards.
(c) Beekeepers.
(d) Dogs.

5. When Luke reaches the stage in Chapter 31, he grabs the microphone and begins telling the crowd that this is one of whose horses?
(a) Aileen Mootispaw's.
(b) Oscar Wydell's.
(c) Philip Twinings's.
(d) The Population Police's.

6. At the beginning of a literary narrative, what is the author's providing of some background information to the audience about the plot, characters' histories, setting, and theme?
(a) Rising action.
(b) Exposition.
(c) Denouement.
(d) Climax.

7. What term represents a character, group of characters, or institution, that represents the opposition against which the protagonist must contend?
(a) Juxtaposition.
(b) Metaphor.
(c) Oxymoron.
(d) Antagonist.

8. In Chapter 30, Luke returns where feeling defeated?
(a) Eli's house.
(b) The cave.
(c) The stables.
(d) His mother's house.

9. Where does Luke fall asleep in the end of Chapter 21?
(a) Rebecca's stall.
(b) Emily's stall.
(c) Sasha's stall.
(d) Jenny's stall.

10. In Chapter 28, a couple of people being interviewed declare it is the fault of whom that the people were starving?
(a) The church.
(b) The stray animals.
(c) Third children.
(d) The president.

11. In Chapter 19, who pulls his truck out of the garage and people crowd into the cab and the bed of the truck?
(a) Ricky Everts.
(b) Don Everts.
(c) Mark Everts.
(d) James Everts.

12. What term refers to a set of conditions, most often of a political nature?
(a) Annotation.
(b) Regime.
(c) Citation.
(d) Dictum.

13. In Chapter 33, Luke points out how many different tables that have sprung up on the lawn of the old Population Police Headquarters?
(a) 7.
(b) 12.
(c) 3.
(d) 21.

14. What does the author refer to as the location where the Population Police kept records?
(a) The locked room.
(b) The Chief's office.
(c) The forbidden room.
(d) The secret room.

15. Where does Oscar Wydell say the heads of the Population Police are being held in Chapter 23?
(a) At the hospital.
(b) The Population Police headquarters.
(c) A secret location.
(d) At the bank.

Short Answer Questions

1. What point in the plot marks a change, for the better or the worse, in the protagonist's affairs?

2. What term refers to the main character of a literary, theatrical, cinematic, or musical narrative?

3. Who was a popular newscaster before the Population Police came into power but was exiled?

4. When Luke retraces his steps back to the secret room, a man blocking the way tells Luke that they found what in the area?

5. What refers to an extended period of months or years when a region notes a deficiency in its water supply whether surface or underground water?

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