Among The Hidden by Margaret Peterson Haddix

Why is Luke not allowed to go to school, and into town like his two older brothers?

• He's too naughty, and he does not obey his parents or teachers.

• Children under the age of 15 are not allowed to go into town or to school.

• Families are only able to have two children. Luke was the third child born into his family. He needs to hide, so he doesn't get discovered by the Population Police.

• His parents did not pay enough taxes for all of their family members to be able to take part in these things.

Why was the woods cut down next to Luke's family's farm and house?

• HIs family no longer wanted the woods next to their property.

• It was cut down to make room to build a mall.

• It was cut down to make way for big luxury homes.

• The government offered the family millions of dollars for the property, and they could not pass up the money.

Because Lukes Family was afraid that he'd be discovered, where did he need to stay for the majority of the day?

• The barn

• The attic.

• The basement.

• The cellar.

One of the activities that Luke did to pass time was to watch all of the families and people leave their new houses in the morning. He often counted the number of people that ;eft each morning. How many total people were there?

• 28

• 15

• 19

• 34

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While sitting as his perch, what does Luke think he discovers at the Sports Family's house?

• He thinks they have a third child living there too, who is home during the day.

• A fire.

• The Population Police closing in on.

• A secret bunker where he could hide, instead of always being in the attic.

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Luke musters up the courage one day to sneak out of his house, and into the Sport's family's home to see if his sightings are correct. What does he find?

• A very talented dog that is able to work many different types of electronics and technology.

• A trips a security system, and finds nothing, but must leave quickly, before he gets caught.

• He finds an elderly woman living there, who is their grandma that they care for.

• A "shadow" kid, named Jen.

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What did Jen tell Luke the reason was why the government started the Population Law?

• The government employees made more money, if they didn't have to use tax money to support the many people in the population.

• The government was made up of selfish people, who wanted everything for themselves.

• The government was worried that people wouldn't have enough food to eat if there were too many people.

• The government wanted as little competition among each other as possible.

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Jen had to convince the government to let the shadows live without hiding. She tried to convince all of the shadow people she knew to join her. What was her plan to do this?

• She convinced all of the shadow people to cimply come out of hiding, and to start living.

• Write a petition to the President.

• She wanted to have a rally at the president's house in April, and convince the president to allow the shadows to live.

• She wanted to start a war, to make people realize how many shadow people there are.

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What happened to Jen and the other children who went to the rally?

• They were made famous.

• They were able to be free.

• They were imprisoned.

• They were shot and killed.

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After finding out from Jen's dad that she was killed in the rally, and that he works for the Population Police, what does Jen's dad help Luke with?

• Jen's dad helps Luke get a job in the undercover world, where all of the shadow children work.

• He helps Luke get a fake ID, and assume a new identity to be able to get out of hiding.

• He helps him safely return to his family's house.

• He helps Luke through the grieving process, after the loss of Jen.