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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 the Government spend a great deal of money trying to convince people?

2. What does Luke do at supper the night after he meets Jen?

3. What does Luke agonize over the three days after he refuses to go with Jen to the rally?

4. What does Jen plan on doing at the rally she is organizing?

5. Whose voice does Luke hear in his room the night Jen and the other kids leave for the rally?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Jen tell Luke about when she was younger and going to play groups with other third children?

2. What does Luke now realize about how he can create change in the world, but in a different way than Jen?

3. What is different about Jen's parents getting pregnant with her versus Luke's parents having him?

4. What does Jen's father tell the Population Police to get them to leave his house?

5. What does Luke say when Jen asks him if he thinks his brothers would ever betray him?

6. Why does Jen's father believe the Government keeps people hovering around the poverty level?

7. How does Luke answer Jen's father when he asks Luke why he didn't stop Jen from going to the rally?

8. How was Jen killed?

9. Why does Luke's father get a letter from the Government for in Chapter 21?

10. Why does Luke feel guilty for eating food that could sustain a pet?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Luke started out the story as a scared, powerless twelve-year-old who had no hope of ever living a normal life. Throughout the book he goes through a tremendous change and is no longer that same person at the end. Explore the theme of coming of age, and analysis the changes in Luke's character. What does coming of age mean? How did meeting Jen change Luke's life? How have Luke's ideals and goals changed? What has Luke learned about himself and life?

Essay Topic 2

Analyze the concept of Freedom in "Among the Hidden" and what it means to the different characters. Where does freedom pertain to the novel? How do Jen and Luke feel about freedom? Does Luke think of Jen as already being relatively free? How important is it to have freedom in life? Does Jen's family have more freedom than Luke's family because they are Barons?

Essay Topic 3

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?

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