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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 do Luke's brothers, Matthew and Mark, complain that they will have to do since Luke is not allowed outside anymore?
(a) All of his chores.
(b) The fishing.
(c) The laundry.
(d) Taking out the garbage.

2. 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.

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 comes immediately.
(b) He yells "no" at her.
(c) He runs away and hides.
(d) He does not obey right away.

4. Who is going to be living in the new houses being built next to Luke's home?
(a) Government workers and other city folk.
(b) Soldiers.
(c) Miners and their families.
(d) Immigrants.

5. 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) The new girl down the road.
(c) His mother.
(d) His father.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why does Luke's mother make him sit and eat his breakfast on the bottom step to the attic?

2. Why doesn't Luke protest about not being able to eat at the kitchen table anymore?

3. What does Luke's mother say is the reason she became pregnant with him?

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

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

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