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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 the author refer to as the location where the Population Police kept records?
(a) The forbidden room.
(b) The locked room.
(c) The secret room.
(d) The Chief's office.

2. What refers to the state of having or showing a lack of experience, understanding or sophistication?
(a) Extradition.
(b) Naivety.
(c) Arrogance.
(d) Independence.

3. What term refers to the main character of a literary, theatrical, cinematic, or musical narrative?
(a) Protagonist.
(b) Antagonist.
(c) Catalyst.
(d) Oxymoron.

4. Luke declares publicly that he is what in Chapter 31?
(a) Outraged.
(b) Selling the horse.
(c) A third child.
(d) Against the new government.

5. What refers to the sudden, illegal deposition of a government?
(a) Exposition.
(b) Rivalry.
(c) Inquisition.
(d) Coup.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who stands to protect Luke as he stands on stage in Chapter 32?

2. What refers to an extended period of months or years when a region notes a deficiency in its water supply whether surface or underground water?

3. Who decides to join the crowd heading to the Population Police Headquarters at the last minute in Chapter 19?

4. When Luke attempts to get to the stage in Chapter 29, who prevents him?

5. Whose voice does Luke hear in his head encouraging him to go to the stage in Chapter 29?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does the protagonist recall the Grant family in Chapter 24? Where is Luke located?

2. What risks does Luke take in his actions in the climax of the narrative in Chapter 31? Why?

3. What role does Jenny play in Luke's plan in Chapter 30? What is foreshadowed in the end of this chapter?

4. How is the public being lied to by the new leaders, as illustrated in Chapter 27?

5. Who comes to join Luke in tearing down the signs in Chapter 33? What signs of hope does Luke point out?

6. What are the principal fears faced by Luke in Chapter 22? What propels him to overcome his fears?

7. What symbolism does the author employ in Chapter 32? What fears does Luke face?

8. How is the dichotomy of Oscar illustrated in Chapter 25? What is foreshadowed in the chapter?

9. What does Luke discover about the relationship between Aldous and Oscar in Chapter 26?

10. What does Luke overhear while in hiding in Chapter 25?

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