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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. How many novels comprise the Shadow Children series?

2. What refers to a widespread scarcity of food, caused by several factors including crop failure, overpopulation, or government policies?

3. When Luke arrives at the Population Police Headquarters, the girl newscaster is asking people to record their experiences with whom in Chapter 20?

4. What item given to Luke by Eli does he use for comfort throughout the novel?

5. Where did Margaret Peterson Haddix grow up?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. How is the dichotomy of Oscar illustrated in Chapter 25? What is foreshadowed in the chapter?

4. What risks does Luke take in his actions in the climax of the narrative in Chapter 31? Why?

5. How does the protagonist recall the Grant family in Chapter 24? Where is Luke located?

6. What symbolism is used to illustrate the power of the Population Police and obstacles to Luke in Chapter 28?

7. How are Oscar and the boy from Chiutza similar? How is this illustrated in Chapter 29?

8. How is the public being lied to by the new leaders, as illustrated in Chapter 27?

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

10. Who cries out from the crowd to defend Luke in Chapter 32? What does she suggest?

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 and discuss Luke's history with the Grant family. What caused the Grant family's home to be transformed into the Population Police Headquarters? Where are the Grants now in the novel? What does Luke discover in the former Grant home in Chapter 24? What is foreshadowed in this chapter?

Essay Topic 3

Describe and discuss the character of Philip Twinings in the novel. What caused Twinings to go into hiding and what is represented by his reporting the news in Chapter 19? How does the news related by Twinings on the radio in Chapter 19 relate to Luke?

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