View a FREE sample

This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. As Luke learns from the television in Chapter 18, the people are cheering in front of the police building, where they have raided what?
(a) The garage.
(b) The store of guns.
(c) The food supply.
(d) The evidence lockers.

3. What is Luke's last name in the novel?
(a) Phillips.
(b) Weaver.
(c) Jenkins.
(d) Garner.

4. What is a literary device in which an author indistinctly suggests certain plot developments that might come later in the story?
(a) Metaphor.
(b) Simile.
(c) Symbolism.
(d) Foreshadowing.

5. What is a literary figure of speech that uses an image, story or tangible thing to represent a less tangible thing or some intangible quality or idea?
(a) Pathos.
(b) Protagonist.
(c) Metaphor.
(d) Plot.

Short Answer Questions

1. Luke finds his way back to what town after hiding out in Chapter 6?

2. What is the name of the boy who meets Luke in Chapter 18 and goes with him to the Population Police Headquarters?

3. In what literary device does the author cause a character to speak or act erroneously out of ignorance of some portion of the truth of which the reader/audience is aware?

4. How many children are the people allowed to have under the laws of the Population Police in the novel?

5. What does Luke eat with the boy from Chapter 7?

Short Essay Questions

1. What is foreshadowed in the protagonist's escape in Chapter 5?

2. What internal conflicts plague the protagonist after his escape in Chapter 10?

3. Who does Luke believe may be calling out to him in Chapter 17? What is foreshadowed in this chapter?

4. What does the boy in Chapter 8 tell Luke happened after he escaped from Officer Houk?

5. What does Eli give to Luke in Chapter 16? Who does Luke see approaching the village in this chapter?

6. How does Luke perceive Eli and the other villagers in Chapter 16? How does his perception change in the chapter?

7. What past plan does Luke recall with Nina in Chapter 3?

8. Where does Luke find shelter in Chapter 17? Where does he find water?

9. What character is revisited by the protagonist in Chapter 7? Where does this character take Luke?

10. Who do the voices turn out to be that Luke hers in the beginning of Chapter 13? How does he escape?

(see the answer keys)

This section contains 987 words (approx. 4 pages at 300 words per page) View a FREE sample