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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. 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) Fear.
(b) Threats.
(c) Manipulation.
(d) Anger.

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

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

4. The father sees a house and decides to explore it while his son sleeps -- what does he leave beside the boy?
(a) A jug of water.
(b) A plate of food.
(c) A warm fire.
(d) A pistol.

5. 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 wipe away their tracks with their hands.
(d) They cover their tracks with snow.

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

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

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 train.
(b) A bush with berries.
(c) A car.
(d) A creek.

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

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

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

12. 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.

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) A pile of dead chickens.
(d) Barely alive, naked people.

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

15. Things are not going well for the father and son -- what are they running out of?
(a) Food.
(b) Water.
(c) Energy.
(d) Clothing.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. How does the father get the men that approach them on the road to leave?

3. After leaving their camp, what does the father spy some boys burning?

4. After leaving the gas station, the father and son continue along the road -- how many men stop them?

5. What does the father find in the nice house that he thinks could be poison?

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