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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What event does Luke recall that made him realize his brothers have never had to hide like him?
(a) Matthew's birthday party.
(b) His mother's birthday party.
(c) Mark's birthday party.
(d) His father's birthday party.

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

3. What does Luke beg his mother to convince his dad of in Chapter 9?
(a) Allowing Luke to look out the windows.
(b) Allowing Luke back in the kitchen.
(c) Allowing Luke to listen to the radio.
(d) Allowing Luke outside.

4. What did Luke's mother and father see on TV while pregnant that scared them?
(a) The Government's ads talking about how the Population Police would do anything to enforce the law.
(b) Ads advertising the reward for turning in people who have more than two children.
(c) Stories of what the Population Police does to pregnant women.
(d) Pictures of what the Population Police does to third babies.

5. After Luke tells Jen how he found out about her, what is Jen stunned to hear about Luke?
(a) That his dad yelled at him for cleaning the house and baking bread.
(b) That his parents make him eat breakfast on the stairs.
(c) That he has never left his own property and he has been trapped in his house for months.
(d) That his brothers tease him about being a third child.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who does Luke recall showing up, surprisingly, at his family's home years ago, begging for food?

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

3. What does the girl, whose house Luke broke into, do while she talks on the phone to her dad?

4. What does Mark yell when he knocks on Luke's bedroom door in Chapter 3?

5. 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?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Luke discover in his room and what does it do for him?

2. What does Luke recall from when he turned 6 that is important to his realizing that he is different from his brothers?

3. Why does Luke's father get angry with him in Chapter 1?

4. Why has the property taxes on Luke's home gone up?

5. What does Luke do when he realizes the screen door to the Sport's Family's house is locked?

6. Who are the Barons?

7. Why does Luke's favorite toy, his train, cause him to be sad?

8. Does Luke's mother stick up for him?

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

10. What does Luke realize about being an illegal third child?

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