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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. How many horses does Luke see to feed and tend in Chapter 21?
(a) 7.
(b) 13.
(c) 45.
(d) 24.

2. Two of the major events that led to the governmental overthrow were events Luke was involved in. What was the second?
(a) Luke's refusal to kill the old woman.
(b) Killing Jen.
(c) Killing the dictator.
(d) Putting manure on the path.

3. In Chapter 29, Luke realizes that Oscar will use whatever is to his benefit to do what?
(a) Kill third children.
(b) Play basketball.
(c) Win at chess.
(d) Remain in control.

4. When Luke replays the conversation between Aldous and Oscar in Chapter 26, Luke realizes that Aldous still has power over Oscar because Aldous knows what?
(a) Where the dictator is hiding.
(b) Where the I.D. cards are located.
(c) Where Luke is located.
(d) Where the food is stored.

5. Luke realizes in Chapter 29 that Oscar and the boy back where represent the same things?
(a) Zanbar.
(b) China.
(c) Chiutza.
(d) Lenore.

Short Answer Questions

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

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

3. Oscar Wydell is trying to locate the location of what in Chapter 25?

4. How many novels comprise the Shadow Children series?

5. What refers to a political system where the state recognizes no limits to its authority and strives to regulate every aspect of public and private life wherever feasible?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Luke discover in the records room at the Population Police Headquarters in Chapter 24?

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

3. How does the author describe the scene at the Population Police Headquarters in Chapter 20?

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

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

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

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

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

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

10. What do the horse stables represent to Luke? How is this explored in Chapter 21?

(see the answer keys)

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