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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. At the first location in Chapter 1, what does the father try calling?
(a) His friend's house.
(b) His old house.
(c) His sister's house.
(d) His brother's house.

2. Along the road, the father and son spy a group of people climbing out of a truck -- what are the people wearing?
(a) Gas masks.
(b) Fur coats.
(c) Camouflage.
(d) Helmets.

3. What time is it when the father and son make their way down to the city?
(a) 7:00 a.m.
(b) 9:00 a.m.
(c) 12:00 p.m.
(d) 10:00 a.m.

4. What season is approaching that has the father worried?
(a) Fall.
(b) Summer.
(c) Spring.
(d) Winter.

5. After leaving the city, what direction do the father and son head?
(a) West.
(b) North.
(c) East.
(d) South.

Short Answer Questions

1. What do the father and son eat that is fermented?

2. What does the father notice that makes him question whether he is a good father?

3. Despite his son's protests, what does the father do to the son after the person approaches him in the inhabited village?

4. As it becomes increasingly cold, what does the father begin to wonder?

5. In the morning after finding the city, why does the father step away from the son before he wakes?

Short Essay Questions

1. At the beginning of Chapter 11, describe where the father and son bathe and what they eat for dinner.

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

3. Give an example from Chapter 11 where the father demonstrates his love for his son.

4. Describe the father's belief in God.

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

6. Describe what the father makes for their feet in Chapter 20.

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

8. Explain what the father does in Chapters 11-15 that accentuates his paranoia, citing an example.

9. Give one example from Chapter 5 that demonstrates how the father is not functioning well psychologically.

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

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