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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does the father do to the man who finds their hiding spot?
(a) He stabs the man in the chest.
(b) He shoots the man in the head.
(c) He shoots the man in the chest.
(d) He beats the man to death.

2. How is the weather when the father and son reach the city?
(a) It's snowing.
(b) It's raining.
(c) It's windy.
(d) It's sunny.

3. What do the father and son do when they reach the city?
(a) They set up camp and fall asleep.
(b) They scavenge for money and goods.
(c) They break into an abandoned hotel.
(d) They start looking for food.

4. What does the boy find when they take things from the cart?
(a) Toys.
(b) A basketball.
(c) An old pair of shoes.
(d) His mother's necklace.

5. What does the father wash out of the son's hair?
(a) Vomit.
(b) Blood.
(c) Dirt.
(d) Paint.

6. After coming to the roadblock, why do the father and son stop and stay for the night?
(a) It is raining.
(b) It is too windy.
(c) They are tired.
(d) It is snowing.

7. In Chapter 11, what do the father and son do before returning to the woods?
(a) They sit and watch the birds.
(b) They wash themselves.
(c) They rest.
(d) They talk about their journey so far.

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

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

10. What does the father claim about his memory from his childhood?
(a) It was his worst memory of his childhood.
(b) It was the perfect time of his childhood.
(c) It is his only happy memory from his childhood.
(d) It is his only memory from his childhood.

11. The son asks the father if they are going to die -- what is the father's reply?
(a) He tells him no.
(b) He tells him yes.
(c) He tells him he does not know if they will live or die.
(d) He tells him not to ask silly questions.

12. At the end of Chapter 9, what does the father claim about the men of the world?
(a) There are no godly men left.
(b) The men of the world are defeated.
(c) The only men left are good men.
(d) He is the only man left who's sane.

13. What covers the city that the father and son explore?
(a) Weeds.
(b) Ash and dust.
(c) Snow.
(d) Dirt and tar.

14. What do the father and son eat that is fermented?
(a) Rice and beans.
(b) Corn.
(c) Ham and potatoes.
(d) Oatmeal.

15. How does the father recognize their destination?
(a) He has a feeling that it is the right place.
(b) He knows it from when he was a boy.
(c) He knows it from his wife's description.
(d) He knows it from his father's description.

Short Answer Questions

1. After finding their destination, what does the father wish he had for their cart?

2. After leaving the supermarket, how does the son feel about following the father into the house?

3. What do the father and the son find in a smokehouse?

4. What does the father remember about his own childhood?

5. What lands on the son's hand at the end of Chapter 4?

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