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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

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

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

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

6. The day after the father and son make cakes, who approaches the son?
(a) A boy.
(b) An old man.
(c) A girl.
(d) An old woman.

7. What does the father claim about his memory from his childhood?
(a) It was his worst memory of his childhood.
(b) It was the perfect time of his childhood.
(c) It is his only memory from his childhood.
(d) It is his only happy memory from his childhood.

8. What does the father wash out of the son's hair?
(a) Vomit.
(b) Blood.
(c) Paint.
(d) Dirt.

9. Upon reaching the road, what does the father say about States?
(a) That they are slowly dwindling.
(b) That they are important.
(c) That they do not exist anymore.
(d) That they do still exist.

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

11. Where are the father and son sleeping at the beginning of Chapter 1?
(a) In a house.
(b) In a trailer.
(c) Outside.
(d) In a hotel.

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

13. As the father and son continue their journey, why is it getting so difficult to push the cart?
(a) The terrain is too rough and covered with rocks.
(b) The cart is falling apart.
(c) The snow is getting worse.
(d) The rain is falling too heavily.

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

15. Why is the son becoming increasingly cold?
(a) He has no coat.
(b) It is raining.
(c) It is windy.
(d) It is snowing.

Short Answer Questions

1. As it becomes increasingly cold, what does the father begin to wonder?

2. After looking for things to enhance their cart, what do the father and son do?

3. At the first location in Chapter 1, what does the father try calling?

4. The son asks the father if they are going to die -- what is the father's reply?

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

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