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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 1 - 5.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. While the Garner family is eating dinner in Chapter 1, they hear tires on the gravel driveway. Where does Luke scramble off to?
(a) Under his parent's bed.
(b) In the pantry.
(c) Under the table.
(d) Upstairs to hide.

2. What does Luke's father get angry with him for asking about in Chapter 1?
(a) For asking when he'll be able to go outside again.
(b) For asking if he'll be able to look out the windows when people move into the new houses.
(c) For asking for seconds at dinner.
(d) For asking about why he must sleep in the attic.

3. After Luke's mother calls him to come into the house from the woods, what does Luke do for the first time in his life?
(a) He runs away and hides.
(b) He yells "no" at her.
(c) He comes immediately.
(d) He does not obey right away.

4. What does Mark yell when he knocks on Luke's bedroom door in Chapter 3?
(a) You in there Lukey?!
(b) Better hide!
(c) Population Police! Open up!
(d) Open loser!

5. What has gone down so low in price that the Luke's father and mother worry about how they will get by?
(a) Apples.
(b) Corn.
(c) Grain.
(d) Potatoes.

Short Answer Questions

1. How old was Luke when he finally realized that not all children had to hide from visitors?

2. Why does Luke always pause at the bottom of the steps when he comes down for breakfast in the mornings?

3. What do Luke's parents tell him that the Government forced them to sell?

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

5. What is so amazing for Luke to look out upon from his room in Chapter 3?

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