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The Road | Quiz

Cormac McCarthy
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The Road | Quiz

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1)

The night after the incident with the man on the road, the father has a dream -- what does he dream about? (from 11-15)

His own death.
The other woman.
His son.
His wife.
2)

The thief puts down his weapon and gives back the cart, but what does the father still demand from the thief? (from 41-End)

His water.
His clothes.
His food.
His wagon.
3)

After the confrontation with the man who found their hiding spot, where do the father and son stay for the night? (from 16-20)

Out of sight in the woods.
In an old abandoned house.
In a broken down van.
Up in a tree.
4)

What does the father do when one of the men they are spying on walks toward their hiding place? (from 11-15)

The father pulls out a knife.
The father tells the son to run.
The father gets ready to jump on the man.
The father pulls out a gun.
5)

The father and son come to a stone wall -- what is hanging from the wall? (from 16-20)

Human scalps.
Human feet.
Human heads.
Human hands.
6)

The father carries his son across a field, but he has to stop every _____ steps. (from 21-25)

Twenty.
Fifty.
Ten.
Thirty.
7)

What does the father pull out when he sees the thief pull out a weapon? (from 41-End)

A butcher knife.
A switchblade.
An axe.
A gun.
8)

After the father's leg is injured, what does he do in retaliation? (from 41-End)

He shoots his gun.
He stabs the attacker.
He shoots a flare.
He beats the attacker with a bat.
9)

After the father and son hide from the people walking towards the nice house, why does the father give the son a gun? (from 21-25)

To shoot the father if the people find them.
To defend himself if the people find them.
To hide the gun if the people find them.
To kill himself if the people find them.
10)

What does the father wash out of the son's hair? (from 16-20)

Vomit.
Paint.
Blood.
Dirt.
11)

After leaving the gas station, what do the men that stop the father and son want? (from 31-35)

The men want the father and son's shoes.
The men want the father and son to give them their clothes.
The men demand that the father hand over the son.
The men ask what the father and son have in their cart.
12)

What do the father and son do the morning after the father finds the house and barn? (from 21-25)

Wrap themselves in blankets, eat apples, and drink the water.
Sit on a blanket and eat peaches.
Leave as quickly as possible.
Hot wire the car and leave the house.
13)

What does the son find in his pocket that the father and son share? (from 16-20)

Candy.
Raisins.
Nuts.
Berries.
14)

Where do the father and son travel to after leaving the gas station? (from 36-40)

The beach.
An old amusement park.
A hotel.
The train station.
15)

What happens to the son when the man reaches their hiding spot? (from 11-15)

The man shoves the son out of the way.
The man gives the son a drink of water.
The man chases after the son.
The man grabs the son and puts a knife to his throat.
16)

After setting up camp, the father wakes up and the son is gone; after looking for him, what does the father see the son doing? (from 31-35)

Rushing across the field.
Sitting in an abandoned car.
Bathing in a nearby creek.
Eating berries from a nearby bush.
17)

After leaving the nice house, the father and son come to a gas station -- what do they find there? (from 36-40)

Gasoline.
A couple candy bars.
A bag of chips.
Root beer.
18)

What does the father say when he and his son enter the hidden cellar? (from 26-30)

"This is the work of the devil."
"Heaven help us."
"Oh my god."
"Thank the lord."
19)

It starts raining and storming on the beach -- how do the father and son find their campsite? (from 41-End)

The father sees the smoke from their fire.
The father hears the rain falling on the tarp.
The son runs ahead and finds the campsite.
The son sees their tarp blowing in the wind.
20)

A few days after meeting the thief, the father and son are walking through a town -- what does someone shoot at the father's leg? (from 41-End)

A bullet.
An arrow.
A dart.
A needle.
21)

After the father and son run from the nice looking house and hide, how many people do they see walking towards the house? (from 21-25)

Three.
Five.
Two.
Six.
22)

After leaving the hidden cellar and stopping for the night, the son asks the father a question -- how does the father answer? (from 26-30)

The father asks where the son has heard such a term.
The father tells the son they will not be going back to the hidden cellar.
The father tells the son he cannot see the gun.
The father tells him they will eat stuff from the cellar.
23)

After exploring the house the father heads back outside -- what does he find? (from 21-25)

Peaches.
Tomatoes
Apples.
Potatoes.
24)

After the father finds his son, who had wandered off while he was asleep, what does the son tell the father he has found? (from 31-35)

A creek.
A car.
A train.
A bush with berries.
25)

Along the road, the father and son spy a group of people climbing out of a truck -- what are the people wearing? (from 11-15)

Gas masks.
Fur coats.
Camouflage.
Helmets.
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