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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. When Luke goes to tend to the horses, he sees that none of them have been fed since the Population Police deserted the area how long ago in Chapter 21?
3. In Chapter 25, Luke crawls to hide behind what as someone enters the secret room?
4. At the beginning of a literary narrative, what is the author's providing of some background information to the audience about the plot, characters' histories, setting, and theme?
5. In Chapter 22, Luke makes his way to the building where the food is and just finds what on the counter?
Short Essay Questions
1. How does the author describe the scene at the Population Police Headquarters in Chapter 20?
2. What internal struggle does the protagonist face in Chapter 23? How does he feel about the changing government?
3. What does Luke overhear while in hiding in Chapter 25?
4. What does Luke discover in the records room at the Population Police Headquarters in Chapter 24?
5. What role does Jenny play in Luke's plan in Chapter 30? What is foreshadowed in the end of this chapter?
6. What symbolism is used to illustrate the power of the Population Police and obstacles to Luke in Chapter 28?
7. What is Luke's mindset when he returns to the stables in Chapter 30? Why?
8. What fears and internal conflicts does the protagonist face in Chapter 19? Why?
9. Who does Luke recognize being interviewed on the news in Chapter 23? Where does he know this person from?
10. What does Luke attempt to convince himself in Chapter 26? What lends doubt to this thought?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
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 2
Describe and discuss Luke's relationship with Jenny and the setting of the stables in the novel. What do the stables mean to Luke and why does he go there in Chapter 21? How does Jenny symbolically relate to Luke? How does she help him in his mission?
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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