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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who did Luke's Mother hide her pregnancy from?
(a) Everyone, even her own mother and sisters.
(b) A few of her friends.
(c) Her father and sisters.
(d) Her brothers.

2. What do Luke's parents tell him that the Government forced them to sell?
(a) Their cabin by the lake.
(b) Their car.
(c) The woods next to their house.
(d) Their house.

3. Why does Luke's mother make him sit and eat his breakfast on the bottom step to the attic?
(a) He is not allowed anywhere else in the house.
(b) The construction workers have started to wonder why the family's shades are always drawn.
(c) He is being punished for looking out the window.
(d) He has dirt on his shoes.

4. Who does Luke recall showing up, surprisingly, at his family's home years ago, begging for food?
(a) A little boy.
(b) A little girl.
(c) A tramp.
(d) A pregnant woman.

5. Why doesn't Luke protest about not being able to eat at the kitchen table anymore?
(a) He knows they will not listen to him.
(b) He knows he will only get himself in more trouble.
(c) He knows his family is only trying to protect him.
(d) He is too upset.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. 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?

3. 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?

4. What does Luke listen to while standing in the woods in Chapter 1?

5. Why is Luke afraid he will never be allowed outside again?

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