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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. Oscar Wydell is trying to locate the location of what in Chapter 25?
(a) Ammunition.
(b) War charts.
(c) Food storage.
(d) Animal storage.

2. What is a used as a religious symbol in Chapter 32?
(a) An angel.
(b) A church.
(c) A cross.
(d) Sunlight.

3. In Chapter 32, Luke tells the whole story of his life, up until the time he arrived where?
(a) His grandfather's house.
(b) The Grant family's home.
(c) Chiutza.
(d) The Population Police Headquarters.

4. In Chapter 22, Luke goes into the kitchen to see if what friend is there?
(a) Nina.
(b) Adriana.
(c) Jen.
(d) Eli.

5. In Chapter 30, Luke returns where feeling defeated?
(a) His mother's house.
(b) The cave.
(c) The stables.
(d) Eli's house.

Short Answer Questions

1. Philip Twinings takes the microphone away from one man during the interviews in Chapter 28, claiming what?

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

3. What is the area at the Population Police Headquarters where the TV interviews take place over the few days that Luke is there?

4. What term was coined by the psychologist Erik Erikson as the failure to achieve ego identity during adolescence?

5. What objects are in the secret room of the Population Police Headquarters with themes speaking against third children?

Short Essay Questions

1. What actions does the protagonist take in the climax of the narrative in Chapter 31?

2. How is the scene of departure in Don's truck described in Chapter 19?

3. What does Luke initially do in order to try to sway the public in Chapter 29? Why?

4. What is symbolized by the change in the weather in Chapter 22?

5. Why does Luke struggle with his identity in Chapter 20?

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

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

8. Who does Luke recognize on the stage giving testimony in Chapter 27?

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

10. What moral message does Luke realize in the denouement of the narrative in Chapter 33?

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