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

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

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

4. What do the father and son find inside a barn?
(a) One body hanging.
(b) Two cows and a goat.
(c) A horse.
(d) Three bodies hanging.

5. What do the father and the son find in a smokehouse?
(a) A pound of bacon.
(b) A ham.
(c) A leg of lamb.
(d) Rib steaks.

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

7. What do the father and son have to get through or it could mean their death?
(a) The plains.
(b) The mountains.
(c) The ocean.
(d) The desert.

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

9. What does the father do to the son after they come upon the thing in the doorway?
(a) Pushes the son out of the way.
(b) Reassures the son.
(c) Yells at the son to run.
(d) Yells at the son to look away.

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

11. What do the father and son discover in a doorway?
(a) A small child crying.
(b) A starving dog.
(c) A gun.
(d) A dead, dried-up body.

12. What has happened to the woman that the father has a dream about?
(a) She's alone and pregnant.
(b) She's dead.
(c) She's hurt.
(d) She's healthy and happy.

13. Despite his son's protests, what does the father do to the son after the person approaches him in the inhabited village?
(a) The father starts yelling at the other person.
(b) The father asks the other person to join them on their journey.
(c) The father shoots the other person.
(d) The father drags his son out of the village.

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

15. What does the father find at the supermarket that he gives to the son?
(a) A can of Dr. Pepper.
(b) A can of Coke.
(c) A can of Mountain Dew.
(d) A can of Pepsi.

Short Answer Questions

1. How does the son feel about how his father has treated the man who has collapsed on the road?

2. While trying to shelter themselves from the rain, what does the father talk to the son about for a long period of time?

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

4. After leaving the trailer, further along the road, what does the father discover?

5. The father and son come to a stone wall -- what is hanging from the wall?

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