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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. 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) Called a town meeting.
(d) Shot Officer Houk.

2. In Chapter 15, the villagers say the ruins Luke ran from were what?
(a) The governor's mansion.
(b) Their old homes.
(c) The original headquarters of the Population Police.
(d) An old church.

3. What does the boy in Chapter 9 claim to have done when threatened by the villagers?
(a) Shot Officer Houk.
(b) Saved the old woman.
(c) Found Luke.
(d) Killed Luke.

4. In Chapter 12, when a man yells that he is on official Population Police business, what happens?
(a) The engine stalls.
(b) Gunfire erupts.
(c) The people scatter.
(d) Dogs start barking.

5. 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?
(a) Dramatic irony.
(b) Symbolism.
(c) Verbal irony.
(d) Suspense.

Short Answer Questions

1. When Luke tries to wake Eli and his wife in Chapter 16, they tell him that they won't run but he should take what with him?

2. In Chapter 14, the people of the village stand in a line of solidarity against whom?

3. What is a literary device in which an author indistinctly suggests certain plot developments that might come later in the story?

4. In Chapter 3, Luke's job is to place _________ on the path the security officer takes to repair a broken fence?

5. What does Luke see from the window before he goes to bed in Chapter 16?

Short Essay Questions

1. What hopes does the protagonist feel in Chapter 11? What propels him forward on his journey?

2. What does Luke dream about in Chapter 11? Where does he go the following morning?

3. Whose memory drives the protagonist toward his goals in the narrative? How does this character propel Luke in Chapter 6?

4. What thoughts consume the protagonist after his escape from the villagers in Chapter 9?

5. Why do the villagers support Luke and his plight? What changed their minds about the government in Chapter 15?

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

7. What do the villagers who saved Luke tell him about their past with the Population Police in Chapter 15?

8. What internal struggle does the protagonist face regarding the change in power in Chapter 12?

9. Why does Luke decide to go to the Population Police Headquarters in Chapter 18? Who accompanies him?

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

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