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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. In Chapter 28, Luke heads to the dining room to get something to eat when he sees what hanging from the stage?
(a) A gun.
(b) The signs.
(c) His picture.
(d) Clothes.

2. Who disappears as Luke gives his speech in Chapter 32?
(a) Aileen Mootispaw.
(b) Philip Twinings.
(c) Eli.
(d) Oscar Wydell.

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

4. What is a phenomenon where the performance or capacity of an entire system is limited by a single or limited number of components or resources?
(a) Barrage.
(b) Brigade.
(c) Bottleneck.
(d) Blockade.

5. In Chapter 22, Luke changes into a long sleeve shirt that who left behind?
(a) Eli.
(b) The Population Police.
(c) Jen.
(d) Philip Twinings.

Short Answer Questions

1. When Luke retraces his steps back to the secret room, a man blocking the way tells Luke that they found what in the area?

2. When a handicapped boy tells his story to the interviewer in Chapter 27, Luke recognizes him as the stable hand that asked the Population Police for what?

3. In Chapter 28, technically, with the Population Police out of control, third children are no longer what?

4. What does Luke cover his face with as he rides a horse to the stage in Chapter 31?

5. In Chapter 25, Luke hears someone escorting __________ into the room as he lies in hiding?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. What does Luke do in the horse stables in Chapter 21? What interaction does he have with Jenny?

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

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

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

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

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

9. What new viewpoints arise in the interviews on the stage at the Population Police Headquarters in Chapter 28?

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

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