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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.
Multiple Choice Questions
1. How does the son feel about his father going in the ocean?
(a) Disappointed.
(b) Reluctant.
(c) Excited.
(d) Angry.
2. While under the bridge, the son wants a fire, so why does the father not start one?
(a) The father says they have no firewood.
(b) He has lost the lighter.
(c) It would draw too much attention.
(d) The father feels hot and does not want a fire.
3. The old man that the father and son meet on the road stays with them for the night -- what do the father and the old man talk about?
(a) About God, in whom the old man says he no longer believes.
(b) About where they should head next on their journey.
(c) About how the world used to before.
(d) About God, in whom the old man says he puts all his faith.
4. After leaving the gas station, the father and son continue along the road -- how many men stop them?
(a) Three.
(b) Six.
(c) Five.
(d) Two.
5. 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 swimming in the ocean.
(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 falling in the ocean while looking for shells.
6. How does the son feel about the beach?
(a) He wants to stay a few days, but leave eventually.
(b) He wants to stay at the beach.
(c) He wants to leave the beach tomorrow.
(d) He wants to leave the beach immediately.
7. After the father and son run from the nice looking house and hide, how many people do they see walking towards the house?
(a) Five.
(b) Two.
(c) Six.
(d) Three.
8. The father sees a house and decides to explore it while his son sleeps -- what does he leave beside the boy?
(a) A pistol.
(b) A plate of food.
(c) A jug of water.
(d) A warm fire.
9. In Chapter 36, the father and son come to a nice house -- why does the father worry about going inside?
(a) The three people they met earlier may be inside.
(b) They will waste too much time.
(c) There are dead bodies inside the house.
(d) The house could have traps.
10. After leaving the nice house, the father and son come to a gas station -- what do they find there?
(a) Root beer.
(b) A couple candy bars.
(c) A bag of chips.
(d) Gasoline.
11. What do the father and son do the morning after the father finds the house and barn?
(a) Hot wire the car and leave the house.
(b) Leave as quickly as possible.
(c) Sit on a blanket and eat peaches.
(d) Wrap themselves in blankets, eat apples, and drink the water.
12. Once the father fills his basket and begins to leave the house, what does he look back and realize is by the house?
(a) A cistern of fresh water.
(b) An abandoned car.
(c) A pile of dead bodies.
(d) A tank of gasoline.
13. After he leaves his son safely sleeping, the father explores a barn -- what does he find in the barn?
(a) A cow and a bag of potatoes.
(b) Bales of hay and corn seeds.
(c) A dead body and a basket of peaches.
(d) Two goats and a bag of wheat.
14. In Chapter 35, how is the son starting to change?
(a) He is becoming more frightened and relies on his father for everything.
(b) He is becoming more reckless and does not think before he acts.
(c) He is becoming quieter and barely speaks at all.
(d) He is becoming stronger and offering his point of view.
15. At the beginning of Chapter 26, where do the father and son sleep?
(a) In an abandoned house.
(b) In the woods.
(c) Beside a creek.
(d) Under a bridge.
Short Answer Questions
1. How many days do the father and son stay in the nice house?
2. What does the father want to do with the food that he and his son find in the nice house?
3. After the son asks the father if he is dying, they stop to rest and set up camp -- how many days do they stay in this same spot?
4. What does the son think is inside the nice house?
5. How does the weather change once the father and son leave the house and barn and are back on the road?
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