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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. While on the beach, why does the father need to warm the son up with a fire and food?
(a) The son is freezing after falling in the ocean while looking for shells.
(b) The son is freezing after going for a run.
(c) The son is freezing after being in a downpour of rain.
(d) The son is freezing after swimming in the ocean.

2. After resting in the truck, the father and son find a house -- what does the father find in a tool shed?
(a) A dead body.
(b) Gasoline.
(c) An ax.
(d) Oil.

3. The father carries his son across a field, but he has to stop every _____ steps.
(a) Ten.
(b) Twenty.
(c) Fifty.
(d) Thirty.

4. After leaving their camp, what does the father spy some boys burning?
(a) A rabbit.
(b) Snakes.
(c) A baby.
(d) Rats.

5. What does the son do while at the location after the gas station?
(a) He goes swimming.
(b) He goes for a run.
(c) He looks for rocks.
(d) He takes a nap.

6. After leaving the gas station, what do the men that stop the father and son want?
(a) The men ask what the father and son have in their cart.
(b) The men want the father and son to give them their clothes.
(c) The men want the father and son's shoes.
(d) The men demand that the father hand over the son.

7. How many days do the father and son stay in the nice house?
(a) Seven days.
(b) Two days.
(c) Three days.
(d) Four days.

8. After the father finds his son, who had wandered off while he was asleep, what does the son tell the father he has found?
(a) A creek.
(b) A train.
(c) A car.
(d) A bush with berries.

9. After the father and son finish the last of their food supply, what does the son ask the father about eating?
(a) If they will ever have to eat a horse.
(b) If they will ever have to eat a dog.
(c) If they will ever have to eat a human.
(d) If they will ever have to eat a cat.

10. The morning after sleeping on the road, what do the father and son do because the father is worried about their tracks?
(a) They create false tracks.
(b) They wash away their tracks with water.
(c) They cover their tracks with snow.
(d) They wipe away their tracks with their hands.

11. After he leaves his son safely sleeping, the father explores a barn -- what does he find in the barn?
(a) Bales of hay and corn seeds.
(b) A cow and a bag of potatoes.
(c) A dead body and a basket of peaches.
(d) Two goats and a bag of wheat.

12. The father and son comb the beach -- what do they find?
(a) An old man.
(b) Bones of dead dogs.
(c) Bones of dead fish and cattle.
(d) A pile of human bodies.

13. What do the father and son do the morning after the father finds the house and barn?
(a) Leave as quickly as possible.
(b) Wrap themselves in blankets, eat apples, and drink the water.
(c) Hot wire the car and leave the house.
(d) Sit on a blanket and eat peaches.

14. What does the father say when he and his son enter the hidden cellar?
(a) "Heaven help us."
(b) "This is the work of the devil."
(c) "Oh my god."
(d) "Thank the lord."

15. What do the father and son do in the hidden cellar besides eating?
(a) They take a bath.
(b) They wrestle.
(c) They play cards.
(d) They organize the supplies.

Short Answer Questions

1. How are the father and son feeling when they leave the hidden cellar?

2. What does the son talk about as they leave the hidden cellar?

3. How does the son feel about the beach?

4. While on the road, the father and son meet an old man -- what does the son beg his father to give the old man?

5. The father and son sit in a truck surrounded by billboards -- what does one of the billboards say?

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