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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. The father and son come to a stone wall -- what is hanging from the wall?
(a) Human feet.
(b) Human scalps.
(c) Human heads.
(d) Human hands.

2. What is the first location that the father and son walk to in Chapter 1?
(a) An abandoned grocery store.
(b) An abandoned hotel.
(c) An abandoned gas station.
(d) An abandoned hospital.

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

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

5. What does the father tell the son has happened to the man who collapses in the road?
(a) The man has severe frostbite.
(b) The man has been struck by lightning.
(c) The man is starving to death.
(d) The man has been beaten.

Short Answer Questions

1. As the father and son continue their journey, why is it getting so difficult to push the cart?

2. At the end of Chapter 10, what do the father and son find?

3. The day after the father and son make cakes, what happens when the son calls out to the person who approaches him?

4. Just when the father is thinking of leaving the cart he sees their destination -- what does he name it?

5. How is the weather when the father and son reach the city?

Short Essay Questions

1. Explain why it is difficult for the reader to truly assess how bad things are in the world.

2. Recall examples from Chapters 1-5 that demonstrate how the father tries to protect the son, and how the son tries to protect the father.

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

4. Describe the father's belief in God.

5. Describe what happens when the father and son arrive at the father's old house.

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

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

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

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

10. Explain what the father says about the States road.

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