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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 does Luke do when ordered to shoot the old woman in the square in Chapter 4?

2. In Chapter 16, Eli confesses that they used to turn in people with what to receive food in return?

3. The villagers who help Luke when he escapes the Population Police in Chapter 13 ask if he is wearing what?

4. What do Luke and the villagers eat in celebration in Chapter 15?

5. Who is the leader of the Population Police and the government in the novel?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

5. Where does Luke find shelter in Chapter 17? Where does he find water?

6. What conflicts does Luke face with the boy he meets in Chapter 7? What is Luke's objective?

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

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

9. What is established about Luke's past through exposition in Chapter 2?

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

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?

Essay Topic 2

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?

Essay Topic 3

Describe and discuss the character of Aldous Krakenaur in the narrative. How is Aldous Krakenaur depicted by the author? How is he regarded by Luke? What power does Luke realize Aldous Krakenaur still has in Chapter 26? What happens to Krakenaur at the end of the novel?

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