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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 to the man who finds their hiding spot?
(a) He stabs the man in the chest.
(b) He shoots the man in the chest.
(c) He shoots the man in the head.
(d) He beats the man to death.

2. What does the father find at the supermarket that he gives to the son?
(a) A can of Dr. Pepper.
(b) A can of Mountain Dew.
(c) A can of Pepsi.
(d) A can of Coke.

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

4. When did the father's wife shoot herself?
(a) After they had gotten in a fight.
(b) Right before they started their road trip.
(c) When the son was born.
(d) When the son was two.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. After leaving the city, what direction do the father and son head?

2. What lands on the son's hand at the end of Chapter 4?

3. What does the father tell the son has happened to the man who collapses in the road?

4. What does the son find in his pocket that the father and son share?

5. Near the edge of a city, the father and son come to a house -- what does the father find inside the house?

Short Essay Questions

1. Describe how the father restricts the son from his humanitarian instincts.

2. Describe how the son is more capable of surviving than his father.

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

4. Recall a situation in the text that demonstrates how the son has becomes immune to the sight of death.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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