1. Among the Hidden Chapter 17-20
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2. Why didn’t Jen answer Luke’s signals? How was she able to do this?
She went shopping. She has a forged shopping pass that says she is her mom’s niece.
-2nd Period
She was shopping with her mom. She has a pass that says she is her mom’s niece so they can go shopping together.
- 4th Period #1

3. Why was the population law put into effect?
The population law was put into effect because the population was growing too big and the government claimed they where running out of food. -1st Period
It was all about food. So there would be food for everyone. -2nd Period #2

4. What kind of chat room did Jen make? What was the password?
One for only shadow kids. Free
- 1st Period
A chatroom for shadow kids to communicate. The password is “free”.
-4th Period #3

5. Make a t-chart contrasting information from the books and articles Jen gave Luke. (you need at least two bullets in each column)
-3rd Period
- 4th Period
Books
Articles
The books believe that the population was necessary to maintain the human race
The articles think that the population law was unnecessary
They believed that killing children off ad serving rations was as necessary as water is to humans
The articles think that forcing children into starvation, murder, and the shadows was genocide.
Books
Articles
Pop law = good and necessary
Bad and cruel
in 1800s gov. could predict this crisis
causing genocide
government wrote
starving kids
anyone could write these #4

6. What does Luke compare himself to when he first started reading the books?
His dad reading the letter from the government about not being able to keep the hogs. Because those books were hard and difficult to understand and read just like the letter from the government. Him and his dad both struggled.
- 3rd Period
His dad opening the letter about them not being able to have anymore hogs. He was very confused, and had to look in the dictionary.
- 3rd Period #5

7. Why was Luke afraid of the winter?
Luke was afraid because in the winter they could see his foot steps in the snow.
- 2nd Period
Luke was afraid that dad would catch him because no work can be done with not hogs in the winter.
- 3rd Period #6

8. How do the other shadow kids feel about the rally?
The other shadow kids didn’t think that the rally was going to work, they were scared to do the rally too, and they weren’t taking the rally seriously.
- 4th Period
The shadow kids felt afraid of the rally because they could get killed or get in trouble so they are trying to get fake ID’s.
- 1st Period #7

9. Predict what’s going to happen to dad and his hydroponics.
Dad is not going to have his hydroponics at all because of the government. And the government does not want more food for the people.
- 1st Period
I think that Luke’s dad is going to get caught because of the hydroponics without asking the government.
- 2nd Period #8