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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 when one of the men they are spying on walks toward their hiding place?
(a) The father pulls out a knife.
(b) The father tells the son to run.
(c) The father gets ready to jump on the man.
(d) The father pulls out a gun.

2. At the first location in Chapter 1, what does the father try calling?
(a) His sister's house.
(b) His old house.
(c) His brother's house.
(d) His friend's house.

3. 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) The trees begin to fall.
(b) Men with guns.
(c) A forest fire.
(d) Wild dogs.

4. What house do the father and son go to after leaving the supermarket?
(a) The house where the father grew up.
(b) The house of the father's best friend.
(c) The house where the son's mother grew up.
(d) The house where the son was born.

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

6. When did the father's wife shoot herself?
(a) When the son was two.
(b) When the son was born.
(c) After they had gotten in a fight.
(d) Right before they started their road trip.

7. As the son becomes even colder, what does he ask his father about again?
(a) For a better coat.
(b) If they can build a bigger fire.
(c) For more food.
(d) If they are dying.

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

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

10. What do the father and son do after their discovery in the trailer?
(a) They build a fire.
(b) They call for help.
(c) They stop and rest.
(d) They move on.

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

12. After finding the items from the cart, what does the boy have a bad dream about?
(a) Freezing to death.
(b) His mother's suicide.
(c) His father dying.
(d) A toy penguin.

13. What does the son think is close by the barn?
(a) Potatoes.
(b) Peaches.
(c) Apples.
(d) Corn.

14. As it becomes increasingly cold, what does the father begin to wonder?
(a) If he should shoot himself.
(b) How long his son can last.
(c) If he should shoot his son to end his misery.
(d) How long he can last.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. After the confrontation with the man who found their hiding spot, where do the father and son stay for the night?

2. What happens to the son when the man reaches their hiding spot?

3. What are the father and son trying so hard to find at the supermarket?

4. In Chapter 11, what do the father and son do before returning to the woods?

5. Why is the son becoming increasingly cold?

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