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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 cover his face with as he rides a horse to the stage in Chapter 31?

2. Whose voice does Luke hear in his head encouraging him to go to the stage in Chapter 29?

3. Philip Twinings takes the microphone away from one man during the interviews in Chapter 28, claiming what?

4. What is the area at the Population Police Headquarters where the TV interviews take place over the few days that Luke is there?

5. In Chapter 30, Luke returns where feeling defeated?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Luke discover about the relationship between Aldous and Oscar in Chapter 26?

2. Who does Luke recognize being interviewed on the news in Chapter 23? Where does he know this person from?

3. What is Luke's mindset when he returns to the stables in Chapter 30? Why?

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

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

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

7. Who does Luke recognize on the stage giving testimony in Chapter 27?

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

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

10. What does Luke discover in the records room at the Population Police Headquarters in Chapter 24?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

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 2

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?

Essay Topic 3

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?

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