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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. In Chapter 7, the boy who grabs Luke is the boy who was assigned to work with him under whom?
(a) Oscar Wydell.
(b) Aldous Krakenaur.
(c) Officer Houk.
(d) Philip Twinings.

2. In Chapter 7, Luke presses the boy for information and the boy takes him to what that he is turning into his shelter?
(a) A church.
(b) A cave.
(c) A shed.
(d) A cellar.

3. When the boy in Chapter 18 realizes Luke does not know what's going on, he takes him to a house where people are doing what?
(a) Reading the newspaper.
(b) Playing board games.
(c) Watching TV.
(d) Playing cards.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What does Luke find to eat from in Chapter 11?

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

4. What do the rebels find in the truck in Chapter 12?

5. In Chapter 4, Officer Houk has an old woman brought to the town square and tells the crowd the woman is guilty of what?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. Where does the boy take Luke in Chapter 18? What news does Luke discover?

4. What is established in the setting of the novel in Chapter 1? How is the government set up?

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

6. What happens when the old woman is brought before the crowd in Chapter 4? What does Officer Houk do?

7. What does Luke perceive about the villagers who help him in Chapter 14? What is their objective?

8. What exchange does Luke overhear while hiding in Chapter 12?

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

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

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