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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 6 - 10.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who does Luke spy driving by the new houses while they are being built?
(a) People in cheap cars wishing they could buy the houses.
(b) People in expensive looking cars looking to buy the houses.
(c) His grandparents.
(d) Bus loads of people coming to look at the new houses.

2. Why does Luke always pause at the bottom of the steps when he comes down for breakfast in the mornings?
(a) To make sure his father is away at work.
(b) To make sure his brothers have left for school.
(c) To make sure no visitors are inside the kitchen.
(d) To make sure everyone is awake.

3. In Chapter 5, what does the letter from the Government tell Luke's father to get rid of?
(a) Their sheep.
(b) Their cows.
(c) Their horses.
(d) Their hogs.

4. What does Luke's Dad slip quietly to Luke every day around noon?
(a) Some vegetables.
(b) A couple cookies.
(c) Two sandwiches.
(d) Soup.

5. What are some of the orders Luke recalls the Government giving his family in the past?
(a) Where to plant their corn and how much to charge for their crops.
(b) Where to plant their tomatoes and how much they can keep for their family.
(c) Where to plant their pumpkins and where to sell them.
(d) Where to plant their potatoes and how much they can plant.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who does Luke recall showing up, surprisingly, at his family's home years ago, begging for food?

2. What do Luke's brothers, Matthew and Mark, complain that they will have to do since Luke is not allowed outside anymore?

3. What is Luke playing with in Chapter 3 that had once been his favorite toy?

4. Who is going to be living in the new houses being built next to Luke's home?

5. What does Luke's father get angry with him for asking about in Chapter 1?

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