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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. After exploring the house the father heads back outside -- what does he find?
(a) Peaches.
(b) Potatoes.
(c) Apples.
(d) Tomatoes

2. 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 being in a downpour of rain.
(b) The son is freezing after going for a run.
(c) The son is freezing after swimming in the ocean.
(d) The son is freezing after falling in the ocean while looking for shells.

3. How does the father get the men that approach them on the road to leave?
(a) He beats the men up.
(b) He pulls out his gun.
(c) He begs with them to spare his son's life.
(d) He asks them nicely to please leave.

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

5. The father and son sit in a truck surrounded by billboards -- what does one of the billboards say?
(a) Advertises Coke.
(b) Warns of famine.
(c) Warns of death.
(d) Advertises a cruise line.

6. The father and the son are becoming increasingly weak, and they sleep in the woods -- what does the father do while the son is asleep?
(a) The father keeps the fire going.
(b) Searches for food.
(c) Begins to cry quietly.
(d) Feels for the son's heartbeat.

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) Two.
(b) Six.
(c) Three.
(d) Five.

8. 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?
(a) Two men, a woman, and a baby.
(b) Two boys and a dog.
(c) Three men and a pregnant woman.
(d) One man and two pregnant women.

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

10. Near the tool shed, the father uncovers a locked trap door to a hidden cellar -- how does the son react?
(a) He runs away.
(b) He excitedly asks his father to enter.
(c) He begins to cry and passes out.
(d) He begs the father not to enter.

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

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

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

14. 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 how the world used to before.
(b) About God, in whom the old man says he no longer believes.
(c) About God, in whom the old man says he puts all his faith.
(d) About where they should head next on their journey.

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

Short Answer Questions

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

2. 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?

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

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. At the beginning of Chapter 26, where do the father and son sleep?

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