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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. After leaving the supermarket, how does the son feel about following the father into the house?
(a) Scared.
(b) Angry.
(c) Happy.
(d) Excited.

2. Along the road, the father and son spy a group of people climbing out of a truck -- what are the people wearing?
(a) Camouflage.
(b) Gas masks.
(c) Fur coats.
(d) Helmets.

3. As the father and son continue their journey, why is it getting so difficult to push the cart?
(a) The cart is falling apart.
(b) The rain is falling too heavily.
(c) The snow is getting worse.
(d) The terrain is too rough and covered with rocks.

4. The father and son eventually find somewhere dry to sleep in the woods, but what wakes them up in the middle of the night and causes them to run?
(a) Men with guns.
(b) Wild dogs.
(c) A forest fire.
(d) The trees begin to fall.

5. Where do the father and son hide while spying on the people climbing out of a truck?
(a) In an abandoned car.
(b) Behind a large tree.
(c) In a bush.
(d) In a ditch.

6. The father and son come to a stone wall -- what is hanging from the wall?
(a) Human scalps.
(b) Human hands.
(c) Human heads.
(d) Human feet.

7. The father wakes from a dream and claims dreaming is not good -- what was he dreaming about?
(a) His childhood.
(b) His wife's suicide.
(c) A woman he once knew.
(d) A nightmare of his son being killed.

8. In the morning after finding the city, why does the father step away from the son before he wakes?
(a) The father is crying and does not want the son to hear.
(b) The father is looking for water.
(c) The father is looking for food.
(d) The father does not want the son to hear him coughing.

9. What does the father remember about his own childhood?
(a) His dad taking him fishing.
(b) Boating with his uncle on a lake.
(c) Playing with his friends on a lake.
(d) His mother baking pies.

10. What do the father and son find in the woods that they eat for dinner?
(a) Acorns and roots.
(b) Berries.
(c) Mushrooms.
(d) A rabbit.

11. Just when the father is thinking of leaving the cart he sees their destination -- what does he name it?
(a) The Point.
(b) The Valley.
(c) The Gap.
(d) The Hallow.

12. What lands on the son's hand at the end of Chapter 4?
(a) A teardrop.
(b) A raindrop.
(c) A leaf.
(d) A snowflake.

13. The father has a hard time remembering how to play the games -- what does he do?
(a) He gets embarrassed.
(b) He gets angry.
(c) He makes up new ones.
(d) He makes the son look for firewood.

14. What do the father and child use to carry their possessions?
(a) A van.
(b) A cart.
(c) A bicycle.
(d) A wagon.

15. After looking for things to enhance their cart, what do the father and son do?
(a) Eat.
(b) Have a nice talk.
(c) Rest.
(d) Drink from a stream.

Short Answer Questions

1. What type of games do the father and son play?

2. What house do the father and son go to after leaving the supermarket?

3. What do the father and son find inside a trailer along the road?

4. Upon reaching the road, what does the father say about States?

5. Along the road, what do the father and son encounter that makes them stop?

(see the answer keys)

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