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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 is the location where Luke works when he is working for the Population Police?

2. A horde of men come rushing from the house where the party is taking place in Chapter 9 and threaten to do what to the boy?

3. What occurs when a character is in disagreement with him or herself?

4. What does Luke eat with the boy from Chapter 7?

5. What does Luke hear in the end of Chapter 12?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. Where does Luke go after escaping danger in Chapter 10? Where does he find shelter?

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

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

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

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

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

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

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 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 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

Analyze and discuss the character of Oscar Wydell in the narrative. Where does Luke know Oscar Wydell from previously? How does Luke feel about Oscar Wydell? What does Oscar Wydell claim to have done while being interviewed on the news? Is this true?

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