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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. 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) Wild dogs.
(d) A forest fire.

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

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

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

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

6. After the father and son make cakes, where do they sleep for the night?
(a) In an old car.
(b) In an abandoned house.
(c) In a trailer.
(d) In a tent.

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

8. What season is approaching that has the father worried?
(a) Spring.
(b) Fall.
(c) Winter.
(d) Summer.

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

10. After leaving the first location visited in Chapter 1, the father and son reach a city -- why does the father presume there is no life there?
(a) He does not see any cars.
(b) He does not see any people.
(c) He does not see any lights.
(d) He does not see any smoke coming from the city.

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

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

13. Along the road, what do the father and son encounter that makes them stop?
(a) A burned out bus.
(b) A jackknifed truck.
(c) A dead body.
(d) A herd of sheep.

14. 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.

15. After passing the stone wall, what do the father and son hear that makes them hide?
(a) Army trucks.
(b) People.
(c) Guns.
(d) Wild dogs.

Short Answer Questions

1. Along the road, the father and son come upon a man -- what is wrong with the man?

2. After reaching the city, what does the son ask the father about before nightfall?

3. After the father and son flee the woods and find their cart, why is the boy struggling to walk?

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

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

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