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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does the father do when one of the men they are spying on walks toward their hiding place?
(a) The father pulls out a knife.
(b) The father gets ready to jump on the man.
(c) The father pulls out a gun.
(d) The father tells the son to run.

2. What do the father and child use to carry their possessions?
(a) A van.
(b) A cart.
(c) A wagon.
(d) A bicycle.

3. What happens to the son when the man reaches their hiding spot?
(a) The man gives the son a drink of water.
(b) The man shoves the son out of the way.
(c) The man chases after the son.
(d) The man grabs the son and puts a knife to his throat.

4. Along the road, what do the father and son encounter that makes them stop?
(a) A jackknifed truck.
(b) A dead body.
(c) A herd of sheep.
(d) A burned out bus.

5. As the son becomes even colder, what does he ask his father about again?
(a) If they are dying.
(b) If they can build a bigger fire.
(c) For a better coat.
(d) For more food.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where are the father and son sleeping at the beginning of Chapter 1?

2. The father and son come to a stone wall -- what is hanging from the wall?

3. What does the father do to the man who finds their hiding spot?

4. How does the father recognize their destination?

5. At the first location in Chapter 1, what does the father try calling?

Short Essay Questions

1. Explain what is revealed in Chapter 15 about the father's wife.

2. Explain how the father demonstrates perseverance in Chapters 16 through 20.

3. Analyze the son's dream about the toy penguin.

4. Describe how the author creates a sparse, bleak feeling at the beginning of the novel.

5. Explain what happens in Chapter 16 when a little boy comes up to the son.

6. Recall an example from the first few chapters of the novel that demonstrates the son's concern with mortality.

7. Explain why the father is so overprotective of the son.

8. After traveling through the mountains, explain how the father knows he and his son have reached their destination.

9. Describe two things that the father and son see along their journey in Chapters 16 through 20.

10. Give an example of a game that the father and son play together.

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