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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. The boy in Chapter 7 tells Luke the driver left him behind when the villagers did what?

2. Which direction does Luke decide to head after waking up in Chapter 11?

3. The boy who Luke speaks to in Chapter 8 tells him he is on the side of the people who do what?

4. What does Luke learn has taken place in Chapter 18?

5. What are third (or beyond) children born to a family known as in the novel and the series?

Short Essay Questions

1. What character is revisited by the protagonist in Chapter 7? Where does this character take Luke?

2. What exchange does Luke overhear while hiding in Chapter 12?

3. How does Luke help the boy he meets in the village in Chapter 9?

4. What internal struggle does the protagonist face regarding the change in power in Chapter 12?

5. How has the mindset of the population begun to evolve in Chapter 13? Why?

6. What risks does Luke take with the boy he meets in Chapter 8? How can they help one another?

7. What do the villagers who saved Luke tell him about their past with the Population Police in Chapter 15?

8. What does the boy in Chapter 8 tell Luke happened after he escaped from Officer Houk?

9. Why do the villagers support Luke and his plight? What changed their minds about the government in Chapter 15?

10. Where does the boy take Luke in Chapter 18? What news does Luke discover?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Analyze and discuss the themes of poverty and hunger in the novel. How are these themes embodied in the villagers that Luke meets? Also discuss the death of the truck driver in Chapter 12. What internal conflict plagues Luke regarding the death of the truck driver? How does this relate to the theme of hunger?

Essay Topic 2

Describe, analyze and discuss the plot structure of the novel. In a traditional plot structure, what precedes the rising action? Is this the case in Among the Free? Where is the rising action? How do we know where the rising action occurs? Where is the climax, and what is revealed in the denouement?

Essay Topic 3

Describe, analyze and discuss the characters of Eli and Adriana in the novel. How old is the couple? How is their home described? How do Eli and his wife help Luke achieve his objectives? What do they sacrifice? Why?

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