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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Where did Margaret Peterson Haddix grow up?
(a) Illinois.
(b) Minnesota.
(c) Wyoming.
(d) Ohio.

2. What is a phenomenon where the performance or capacity of an entire system is limited by a single or limited number of components or resources?
(a) Brigade.
(b) Bottleneck.
(c) Barrage.
(d) Blockade.

3. What did Luke wear to dinner nightly when he lived with the family after leaving his parents' farm?
(a) Pajamas.
(b) Sandals.
(c) A tuxedo.
(d) A soccer uniform.

4. Who brings Luke's attention to the unlatched door in Chapter 30?
(a) Adrian.
(b) Peter.
(c) Jenny.
(d) Eli.

5. When Luke arrives at the Population Police Headquarters, the girl newscaster is asking people to record their experiences with whom in Chapter 20?
(a) Officer Houk.
(b) Aldous Krakenaur.
(c) Philip Twinings.
(d) The Population Police.

6. What item given to Luke by Eli does he use for comfort throughout the novel?
(a) The hat.
(b) The quilt.
(c) The gun.
(d) The coat.

7. In Chapter 26, to remain unseen, Luke escapes how?
(a) Through the cellar.
(b) Through the back door.
(c) Through the chimney.
(d) Through the window.

8. What refers to an object, action, or idea that represents something other than itself?
(a) Oxymoron.
(b) Antagonist.
(c) Protagonist.
(d) Symbol.

9. Luke realizes in Chapter 29 that Oscar and the boy back where represent the same things?
(a) Zanbar.
(b) Chiutza.
(c) China.
(d) Lenore.

10. Who was a popular newscaster before the Population Police came into power but was exiled?
(a) Oscar Wydell.
(b) Aldous Krakenaur.
(c) Mr. Talbot.
(d) Philip Twinings.

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

12. What term refers to the main character of a literary, theatrical, cinematic, or musical narrative?
(a) Oxymoron.
(b) Antagonist.
(c) Protagonist.
(d) Catalyst.

13. Who destroyed the old identity cards leading to the overthrow of the government in the novel?
(a) Jen.
(b) Nina.
(c) Luke.
(d) Eli.

14. In Chapter 22, Luke changes into a long sleeve shirt that who left behind?
(a) Philip Twinings.
(b) The Population Police.
(c) Eli.
(d) Jen.

15. Where does Luke go to sleep in Chapter 28?
(a) The cave.
(b) The church.
(c) The stables.
(d) The abandoned village.

Short Answer Questions

1. What refers collectively to all media technologies that are intended to reach a large audience via mass communication?

2. Who is interviewing the man that steps forward to take responsibility for overthrowing the Population Police in Chapter 23?

3. In Chapter 28, a couple of people being interviewed declare it is the fault of whom that the people were starving?

4. What is the area at the Population Police Headquarters where the TV interviews take place over the few days that Luke is there?

5. When Luke goes to tend to the horses, he sees that none of them have been fed since the Population Police deserted the area how long ago in Chapter 21?

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