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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. After leaving the hidden cellar and stopping for the night, the son asks the father a question -- how does the father answer?
(a) The father tells the son he cannot see the gun.
(b) The father asks where the son has heard such a term.
(c) The father tells him they will eat stuff from the cellar.
(d) The father tells the son they will not be going back to the hidden cellar.

2. After leaving the barn, the father explores the house -- what does he find inside the house that's useful?
(a) A wrench.
(b) A knife.
(c) A screwdriver.
(d) A hammer.

3. At the beginning of Chapter 26, where do the father and son sleep?
(a) Beside a creek.
(b) Under a bridge.
(c) In the woods.
(d) In an abandoned house.

4. What does the old man that the father and son met on the road say to the father before he leaves their camp?
(a) He tells the father he does not trust him.
(b) He tells the father where to meet him in a few days.
(c) He tells the father thanks for his kindness.
(d) He tells the father that he knows he will die soon.

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

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

7. What does the father find in a gas station that helps him to know where they are?
(a) He recognizes the gas station as one from his childhood.
(b) The address on the gas station's door.
(c) A telephone directory.
(d) A sign.

8. How does the weather change once the father and son leave the house and barn and are back on the road?
(a) It begins hailing.
(b) The wind picks up.
(c) It begins snowing.
(d) It begins raining.

9. At the beginning of Chapter 36, how many days has it been since the father and son have eaten?
(a) Two days.
(b) Six days.
(c) Five days.
(d) Three days.

10. How does the son feel about his father going in the ocean?
(a) Reluctant.
(b) Excited.
(c) Disappointed.
(d) Angry.

11. How does the son feel about the beach?
(a) He wants to leave the beach tomorrow.
(b) He wants to stay at the beach.
(c) He wants to leave the beach immediately.
(d) He wants to stay a few days, but leave eventually.

12. How are the father and son feeling when they leave the hidden cellar?
(a) Sick to their stomachs and in low spirits.
(b) They have full stomachs and are in high spirits.
(c) Tired and anxious.
(d) Upset with each other because the son wants to stay.

13. The next town the father and son come to they find a nice looking house -- what do they find inside a locked pantry?
(a) Two starving children.
(b) Cans of food.
(c) Barely alive, naked people.
(d) A pile of dead chickens.

14. 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 dog.
(b) If they will ever have to eat a horse.
(c) If they will ever have to eat a human.
(d) If they will ever have to eat a cat.

15. Why does the father not want to stay in the hidden cellar?
(a) He thinks it would be dangerous.
(b) He is angry that the son likes the cellar so much.
(c) He wants to get back on the road and continue their journey.
(d) He is too bored sitting around in the hidden cellar.

Short Answer Questions

1. Things are not going well for the father and son -- what are they running out of?

2. The father carries his son across a field, but he has to stop every _____ steps.

3. After resting in the truck, the father and son find a house -- what does the father find in a tool shed?

4. While the father has another coughing fit, what does he think about?

5. What does the father make with some bottles and gasoline?

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