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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. What refers to the exercise of authority or power in a burdensome, cruel, or unjust manner?

2. In Chapter 13, Luke hears the Population Police searching the village for what?

3. According to the villagers in Chapter 15, the Population Police made them do what with their crops?

4. What is Luke's last name in the novel?

5. When Luke looks at the people of the village with clear eyes, he realizes they are what, in Chapter 14?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why does Luke decide to go to the Population Police Headquarters in Chapter 18? Who accompanies him?

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

3. What is foreshadowed in the protagonist's escape in Chapter 5?

4. What internal conflicts plague the protagonist after his escape in Chapter 10?

5. Who does Luke believe may be calling out to him in Chapter 17? What is foreshadowed in this chapter?

6. What does Luke dream about in Chapter 11? Where does he go the following morning?

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

8. What happens when the old woman is brought before the crowd in Chapter 4? What does Officer Houk do?

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

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Define and discuss foreshadowing in the novel and in Chapter 17. How does the author use foreshadowing in the chapter to develop suspense? What are the different purposes that an author uses foreshadowing for? Why does the author use foreshadowing in Among the Free?

Essay Topic 2

Analyze and discuss the theme of governmental overthrow in the narrative. How is this theme illustrated through symbolism? What does this theme make you think of in contemporary global events? How does it relate to our world today?

Essay Topic 3

Analyze and discuss the theme of oppression in the novel. How have the villagers been oppressed by the Population Police in Chapter 15? What is symbolic about the celebration meal eaten by Luke and the villagers? How does this represent oppression?

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