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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What can Luke not stop thinking about, so much so that he can't even concentrate on playing with his favorite toy?
(a) The outdoors.
(b) His father.
(c) The new girl down the road.
(d) His mother.

3. Why is Luke afraid he will never be allowed outside again?
(a) Because he was seen by a stranger.
(b) Because the woods are being cut down.
(c) Because he did not listen to his mother.
(d) Because he disobeyed his father.

4. While sitting on the attic step, after how many weeks does Luke finally give up trying to keep up with his family's conversation at meal times?
(a) One week.
(b) Two weeks.
(c) Four weeks.
(d) Three weeks.

5. What did Luke's mother and father see on TV while pregnant that scared them?
(a) The Government's ads talking about how the Population Police would do anything to enforce the law.
(b) Ads advertising the reward for turning in people who have more than two children.
(c) Pictures of what the Population Police does to third babies.
(d) Stories of what the Population Police does to pregnant women.

Short Answer Questions

1. What are some of the orders Luke recalls the Government giving his family in the past?

2. What does Mark offer to play a game of with Luke to cheer him up after barging into his room?

3. Who did Luke's Mother hide her pregnancy from?

4. What has gone down so low in price that the Luke's father and mother worry about how they will get by?

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

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