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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. In Chapter 27, Luke sits where watching the newscaster on stage interviewing people?

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

3. In Chapter 29, Luke realizes that Oscar will use whatever is to his benefit to do what?

4. What does the author refer to as the location where the Population Police kept records?

5. In Chapter 21, as Luke makes his way through the crowd in front of the Population Police Headquarters, he sees people doing what?

Short Essay Questions

1. What is symbolized by the change in the weather in Chapter 22?

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

3. What does Luke overhear while in hiding in Chapter 25?

4. What role does Jenny play in Luke's plan in Chapter 30? What is foreshadowed in the end of this chapter?

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

6. Who comes to join Luke in tearing down the signs in Chapter 33? What signs of hope does Luke point out?

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

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

9. What actions does the protagonist take in the climax of the narrative in Chapter 31?

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Define and identify conflict, obstacle and objective in the narrative. What is Luke's ultimate objective in the narrative? What is the ultimate objective of the boy from Chiutza? What conflicts and obstacles are faced by the protagonist in Chapter 9? What causes Luke to call out to save the boy in this chapter?

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 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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