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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What time does Luke notice all the new houses are empty by?
(a) 7:30 AM.
(b) 9:00 AM.
(c) 8:00 AM.
(d) 8:30 AM.

2. Luke asks Jen how she is able to meet other people if she is a third child like him; what does Jen explain that her parents do?
(a) Bribe people.
(b) Plead with people.
(c) Threaten people.
(d) Trust only a select amount of people.

3. Who does Luke spy driving by the new houses while they are being built?
(a) People in expensive looking cars looking to buy the houses.
(b) People in cheap cars wishing they could buy the houses.
(c) Bus loads of people coming to look at the new houses.
(d) His grandparents.

4. What does Mother do when she opens the tax bill?
(a) She begins to weep over it.
(b) She clutches it to her chest.
(c) She is so startled she drops it.
(d) She tears it to pieces.

5. What are Luke's favorite types of books to read?
(a) Science Fiction.
(b) Mystery.
(c) Romance.
(d) Adventure.

6. After Mark leaves Luke's room, what does Luke notice light pouring out of in his room?
(a) The ventilation shafts.
(b) A small hole in the wall.
(c) A drain.
(d) Two tiny windows.

7. How does Jen say her dad would react if he knew she'd been looking out the window?
(a) He would be furious.
(b) He would beat her.
(c) He would laugh.
(d) He would cry.

8. What does Luke's Dad do every day at lunchtime?
(a) Turns on the radio and eats lunch.
(b) Watches television and eats take-out.
(c) Reads a book while eating what his wife left him for lunch.
(d) Sits and chats with Luke while they eat lunch.

9. What does Luke get up at dawn to watch every morning?
(a) The animals out his window.
(b) The sun rise.
(c) The work on the new houses.
(d) His family eat breakfast.

10. After Matthew asks how the family can possibly pay the property taxes, what does Mother announce she has just received?
(a) An offer from someone to buy their farm.
(b) An inheritance from her mother.
(c) Her work permit.
(d) Another new bill.

11. How does Luke feel about his parents after discovering Jen?
(a) Sad.
(b) Betrayed.
(c) Ashamed.
(d) Angry.

12. What does Luke notice about the construction workers he spies on from his room?
(a) They are in a big hurry to finish the construction.
(b) They are taking their time with the construction.
(c) They sometimes quit in the middle of the day.
(d) They will work late into the night.

13. What does Luke notice the house with the third child sometimes leaves open?
(a) The sliding glass door.
(b) The kitchen windown.
(c) The back door.
(d) The front door.

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

15. What time of the day is it when Luke sees the blinds flip up and down quickly in an upstairs window of one of the new houses?
(a) 11 AM.
(b) 10 AM.
(c) 11 PM.
(d) 10 PM.

Short Answer Questions

1. Luke punches his hand through the screen door of the third child's house, what happens when he enters the house?

2. What does Luke's father get angry with him for asking about in Chapter 1?

3. Luke begins watching the house where he saw the child's face constantly, on which day of his vigil does he see the blinds flip up and down quickly in an upstairs window?

4. The books Luke reads that are his fathers, what are they about?

5. Why are the new residents that will be living next to Luke called a special name?

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