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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. After setting up camp, the father wakes up and the son is gone; after looking for him, what does the father see the son doing?
(a) Bathing in a nearby creek.
(b) Sitting in an abandoned car.
(c) Rushing across the field.
(d) Eating berries from a nearby bush.

2. After leaving the gas station, the father and son continue along the road -- how many men stop them?
(a) Three.
(b) Two.
(c) Six.
(d) Five.

3. 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 is too bored sitting around in the hidden cellar.
(d) He wants to get back on the road and continue their journey.

4. Before leaving the house and barn, the father and son collect more _______ before they head back on the road.
(a) Tomatoes.
(b) Apples.
(c) Peaches.
(d) Potatoes.

5. What does the son think is inside the nice house?
(a) Spiders.
(b) A person.
(c) A bomb.
(d) Wild dogs.

6. 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) Gasoline.
(d) A bag of chips.

7. After spying on the people walking by, further down the road the father and son see a fire and smell food -- what do the they find cooking on the fire?
(a) A rabbit.
(b) A rat.
(c) An infant.
(d) A snake.

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

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) There are dead bodies inside the house.
(c) They will waste too much time.
(d) The house could have traps.

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

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

12. How does the father get the son to enter the nice house?
(a) He begs the son.
(b) He picks up the son and carries him.
(c) He yells at the son.
(d) He reassures the son.

13. Although they have no food and all they eat is snow, what does the father continue to tell the son?
(a) That snow will keep them strong.
(b) They will find food.
(c) They are not going to die.
(d) That they are almost to safety.

14. What do the father and son find inside the hidden cellar?
(a) Baskets of apples and a bed.
(b) Hundreds of tins of food and drink, heating, and a second room with a toilet.
(c) Piles of clothes and shoes.
(d) Piles of bodies.

15. As the father leads the son to the hidden cellar, what does the father tell his son that good guys do not give in to?
(a) Anger.
(b) Threats.
(c) Manipulation.
(d) Fear.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does the father swim out to inspect while the son stays on the beach?

2. How does the son feel about entering the nice house?

3. After passing the boys with the fire, the father and son think someone is following them so they decide to hide -- who do they see walk past?

4. At the beginning of Chapter 36, how many days has it been since the father and son have eaten?

5. 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?

(see the answer keys)

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