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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Near the edge of a city, the father and son come to a house -- what does the father find inside the house?
(a) Coats.
(b) Food.
(c) Blankets.
(d) Shoes.

2. While traveling, why do the father and son leave their fires alight?
(a) So no one can know exactly where they are.
(b) To help ward off wild animals.
(c) To help them if they get lost.
(d) So fellow travelers can follow them.

3. What does the father claim could happen to himself and his son if they get wet?
(a) They could slip and fall.
(b) They could die.
(c) They could finally cool off.
(d) They could get sick.

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

5. At the end of Chapter 10, what do the father and son find?
(a) A creek.
(b) A river.
(c) An apple tree.
(d) A dead body.

6. 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 beats the man to death.
(d) He shoots the man in the chest.

7. After leaving the trailer, further along the road, what does the father discover?
(a) Fresh footprints.
(b) A dead body.
(c) A dead animal.
(d) A pair of shoes.

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

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

10. The night after the incident with the man on the road, the father has a dream -- what does he dream about?
(a) The other woman.
(b) His wife.
(c) His own death.
(d) His son.

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

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

13. After finding their destination, what does the father wish he had for their cart?
(a) Better wheels.
(b) A sled runner.
(c) Better traction.
(d) An extra tarp.

14. What type of games do the father and son play?
(a) Charades.
(b) Hide and seek.
(c) Board games.
(d) Cards.

15. In Chapter 11, how would the father and son describe the dinner that they prepared?
(a) Good.
(b) Nasty.
(c) Inedible.
(d) Okay.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does the boy find when they take things from the cart?

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

3. Why is the son becoming increasingly cold?

4. What covers the city that the father and son explore?

5. What does the father wash out of the son's hair?

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