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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. What does Luke do when ordered to shoot the old woman in the square in Chapter 4?
(a) Drops the gun and runs away.
(b) Fires all of his bullets into the air.
(c) Shoots Officer Houk.
(d) Shoots her repeatedly.

2. Whose voice does Luke hear calling to him to get up and do something in Chapter 11?
(a) Jen's.
(b) Aldous Krakenaur's.
(c) Officer Houk's.
(d) Eli's.

3. What refers to the exercise of authority or power in a burdensome, cruel, or unjust manner?
(a) Terrorism.
(b) Torture.
(c) Oppression.
(d) Liberation.

4. Luke works in what position for the Population Police Headquarters in Chapter 1?
(a) Secretary.
(b) Janitor.
(c) Junior Marshall.
(d) Stable hand.

5. 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 cards.
(c) Watching TV.
(d) Playing board games.

Short Answer Questions

1. In Chapter 1, Luke and the other boys are undergoing their daily inspection of their uniforms and hygiene at what time?

2. In Chapter 12, Luke hides as what approaches?

3. How does Luke injure himself upon awakening in Chapter 11?

4. According to the villagers in Chapter 15, the Population Police made them do what with their crops?

5. According to the villagers in Chapter 15, the Population Police made them move because the village was too far from what?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

10. What is established about Luke's past through exposition in Chapter 2?

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