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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 long have the people been speaking for the Population Police and against third children in Chapter 31?
(a) 2 days.
(b) 2 weeks.
(c) 2 years.
(d) 2 months.

2. What objects are in the secret room of the Population Police Headquarters with themes speaking against third children?
(a) Coins.
(b) Textbooks.
(c) Signs.
(d) Brochures.

3. What refers to an object, action, or idea that represents something other than itself?
(a) Symbol.
(b) Antagonist.
(c) Oxymoron.
(d) Protagonist.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Where did Margaret Peterson Haddix grow up?

2. What point in the plot marks a change, for the better or the worse, in the protagonist's affairs?

3. What is a form of communication that is aimed at influencing the attitude of a community toward some cause or position?

4. What refers collectively to all media technologies that are intended to reach a large audience via mass communication?

5. Where does Luke fall asleep in the end of Chapter 21?

Short Essay Questions

1. Who does Luke recognize being interviewed on the news in Chapter 23? Where does he know this person from?

2. What is Luke's mindset when he returns to the stables in Chapter 30? Why?

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

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

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

6. What fears and internal conflicts does the protagonist face in Chapter 19? Why?

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

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

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

10. What internal struggle does the protagonist face in Chapter 23? How does he feel about the changing government?

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