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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Along the road, the father and son come upon a man -- what is wrong with the man?
(a) He is limping and his body is burnt.
(b) He is bleeding.
(c) His arm is broken.
(d) He is starving and has frostbite.

2. What does the father fix to the cart to keep the limbs away as they move down the road?
(a) Large leaves.
(b) Brushes.
(c) Pieces of cloth.
(d) Brooms.

3. After leaving the woods, the father and son come to a road -- what does the father call this road?
(a) The States roads.
(b) The Endless roads.
(c) The Forgotten roads.
(d) The Black roads.

4. 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.

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

6. While walking through an inhabited town, what are the father and son desperate for?
(a) Food.
(b) Water.
(c) Shoes.
(d) Coats.

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

8. What are the father and son running out of as they travel?
(a) Clothing.
(b) Water.
(c) Food.
(d) Medicine.

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

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

11. What do the father and son find inside a trailer along the road?
(a) Gallons of water.
(b) Piles of clothes.
(c) Boxes of food.
(d) Dead bodies.

12. After the confrontation with the man who found their hiding spot, where do the father and son stay for the night?
(a) In an old abandoned house.
(b) Up in a tree.
(c) In a broken down van.
(d) Out of sight in the woods.

13. At the end of Chapter 8, what does the father cough up?
(a) Mucous.
(b) Blood.
(c) Food.
(d) Phlegm.

14. What do the father and son find that they use to make cakes?
(a) Sugar.
(b) Flour.
(c) Cornmeal.
(d) Oatmeal.

15. What time is it when the father and son make their way down to the city?
(a) 7:00 a.m.
(b) 12:00 p.m.
(c) 10:00 a.m.
(d) 9:00 a.m.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does the father decide to do about the man who has collapsed on the road?

2. The night after the incident with the man on the road, the father has a dream -- what does he dream about?

3. As the father and son continue their journey, why is it getting so difficult to push the cart?

4. Just when the father is thinking of leaving the cart he sees their destination -- what does he name it?

5. What do the father and child use to carry their possessions?

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