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

2. 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 the table.
(b) Under his parent's bed.
(c) Upstairs to hide.
(d) In the pantry.

3. 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 everyone is awake.
(c) To make sure no visitors are inside the kitchen.
(d) To make sure his brothers have left for school.

4. Why doesn't Luke tell his mother about what he has found in his room allowing him to look outside?
(a) He knows they will cover it up.
(b) He fears they will forbid him from using it anymore.
(c) He wants it to be his secret.
(d) He doesn't want to get in trouble.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What did Luke's mother and father see on TV while pregnant that scared them?

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

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

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

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

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