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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How much more money is the tax bill from previous years?
(a) Two times the usual amount.
(b) Five times the usual amount.
(c) Three times the usual amount.
(d) Four times the usual amount.

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

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

4. What does Luke notice on his 13th day of watching the house where he saw the child's face?
(a) He can spy the outline of a third child at the dinner table.
(b) On a very hot day, the blinds are down, but the family leaves their windows open.
(c) He glimpses the child's face again.
(d) He hears music coming from the house in the middle of the day.

5. Why does the girl who pinned Luke down after entering her house let him go?
(a) She thinks he's cute.
(b) She realizes he's another third child.
(c) She feels bad for hurting him.
(d) She's scared of him.

6. How old was Luke when he finally realized that not all children had to hide from visitors?
(a) Seven.
(b) Nine.
(c) Six.
(d) Eight.

7. What does Mark offer to play a game of with Luke to cheer him up after barging into his room?
(a) Chess.
(b) Clue.
(c) Checkers.
(d) Dominos.

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

9. What does Dad say is the reason for the tax increase on their property?
(a) The government is in financial trouble.
(b) The new houses next door have raised the property value of their home.
(c) He wouldn't sell anymore of their farmland, so he is being punished.
(d) They have been suspected to be harboring a third child.

10. What time does Luke's Mom have to be at the factory every day?
(a) 8:00 AM.
(b) 6:00 AM.
(c) 7:00 AM.
(d) 9:00 AM.

11. What does Luke tells his brother he put into the bread?
(a) Ants.
(b) Flies.
(c) Poison.
(d) Spit.

12. What does Luke's Dad slip quietly to Luke every day around noon?
(a) Soup.
(b) Some vegetables.
(c) Two sandwiches.
(d) A couple cookies.

13. The books Luke reads that are his fathers, what are they about?
(a) Motorcylces.
(b) Monster trucks.
(c) Tractors.
(d) Countryside grasses and pig diseases.

14. What does the female third child tell Luke she does sometimes just for fun?
(a) Turn the music up really loud and sing along.
(b) Play with fire.
(c) Run around outside at night.
(d) Set off the house alarm.

15. What has Luke been taught all his life to fear?
(a) Open spaces.
(b) Adults.
(c) Other children.
(d) Dogs.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is Luke's favorite part of his day?

2. Since not being able to eat breakfast with the whole family, why doesn't Luke ask for butter for his toast anymore?

3. What does the girl, who's a third child like Luke, do that shocks him?

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

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

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