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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Dad say is the reason for the tax increase on their property?

2. What does Luke get up at dawn to watch every morning?

3. After Luke tells Jen how he found out about her, what is Jen stunned to hear about Luke?

4. What does Luke notice on his 13th day of watching the house where he saw the child's face?

5. 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?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why do the Luke's parents decide to sell their hogs?

2. What does Luke realize about his home as he prepares to sprint over to the Sport's Family's house?

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

4. How does the author grab the reader's attention right away at the beginning of the book?

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

6. How does Luke feel when he finally steps outside on his way to the Sport's Family's house?

7. What are the names that Luke makes up for his new neighbors?

8. How different is Luke's family from Jen's Family?

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

10. What does Luke see while looking out his attic vents in Chapter 8?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

The beginning of "Among the Hidden" opens in a disquieting note. The author grabs the reader's attention right away by sounding this note of disharmony in an otherwise peaceful scene. Explore how tone is used so effectively in the first few chapters of "Among the Hidden". How does the author set the tone in "Among the Hidden"? How is this tone important for the overall mood of the story? What is the tone in this book? Does this tone seem to go well with the story?

Essay Topic 2

Luke's father's attitude is verging on abusive in the novel, "Among the Hidden". The purpose of this lesson is to analyze the character of Luke's father and examine his affect on Luke. How does Luke's father treat him? How is Luke's father encouraged by society and by government propaganda? What assumptions can the reader make about how the father feels about Luke based on how he treats Luke?

Essay Topic 3

Jen helps Luke see that not everyone believes every law is right and he is given his first spark of hope that maybe it is not wrong for him to exist. Explore the theme of hope throughout "Among the Hidden". Why didn't Luke have any hope before he met Jen? Why does Luke's meeting Jen give him hope of a better life? What does Jen hope for? Why is hope such an important theme? Are Jen's parents more hopeful than Luke's?

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