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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 figure of speech that directly compares two different things, usually by employing the words "like" or "as"?
(a) Protagonist.
(b) Simile.
(c) Metaphor.
(d) Catalyst.

2. In Chapter 22, Luke makes his way to the building where the food is and just finds what on the counter?
(a) Soup.
(b) Bread.
(c) Fruit.
(d) Fish.

3. What does Luke make for his breakfast in Chapter 22?
(a) Scrambled eggs.
(b) Cereal.
(c) Oatmeal.
(d) Toast.

4. In Chapter 28, a couple of people being interviewed declare it is the fault of whom that the people were starving?
(a) Third children.
(b) The church.
(c) The stray animals.
(d) The president.

5. The man that steps forward to take responsibility for overthrowing the Population Police in Chapter 23 indicates they'll be setting up what in the near future?
(a) A new government.
(b) Food kitchens.
(c) New courts.
(d) Concentration camps.

Short Answer Questions

1. At the beginning of a literary narrative, what is the author's providing of some background information to the audience about the plot, characters' histories, setting, and theme?

2. What refers to the sudden, illegal deposition of a government?

3. In Chapter 26, to remain unseen, Luke escapes how?

4. Who disappears as Luke gives his speech in Chapter 32?

5. What is the name of the horse that Luke goes to tend in Chapter 21?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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