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

2. How many children are the people allowed to have under the laws of the Population Police in the novel?
(a) 3.
(b) 2.
(c) 0.
(d) 1.

3. Who is the old man who saves Luke from the Population Police when Luke escapes from the abandoned village?
(a) Oscar.
(b) Philip.
(c) Eli.
(d) Aldous.

4. What are third (or beyond) children born to a family known as in the novel and the series?
(a) Shadow Children.
(b) Ghost Children.
(c) Extra Children.
(d) Mortal Children.

5. The boy in Chapter 7 tells Luke that this is his territory now and that Luke has to do what?
(a) Leave.
(b) Stay and help him.
(c) Defend it to the death.
(d) Look out for intruders.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. In fiction, what refers to the manner in which the author tells the story?

3. What are incompatibilities in how two or more individuals relate to one another?

4. What does the boy in Chapter 9 claim to have done when threatened by the villagers?

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

Short Essay Questions

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

2. What conflicts does Luke face with the boy he meets in Chapter 7? What is Luke's objective?

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

4. What risks does Luke take with the boy he meets in Chapter 8? How can they help one another?

5. Where does Luke go after escaping danger in Chapter 10? Where does he find shelter?

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

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

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

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

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

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