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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. In Chapter 11, what do the father and son do before returning to the woods?
(a) They sit and watch the birds.
(b) They wash themselves.
(c) They rest.
(d) They talk about their journey so far.

2. The night after the incident with the man on the road, the father has a dream -- what does he dream about?
(a) His wife.
(b) His son.
(c) His own death.
(d) The other woman.

3. What do the father and son find inside a barn?
(a) A horse.
(b) One body hanging.
(c) Three bodies hanging.
(d) Two cows and a goat.

4. After the confrontation with the man who found their hiding spot, where do the father and son stay for the night?
(a) In an old abandoned house.
(b) Out of sight in the woods.
(c) Up in a tree.
(d) In a broken down van.

5. After leaving the first location visited in Chapter 1, the father and son reach a city -- why does the father presume there is no life there?
(a) He does not see any cars.
(b) He does not see any lights.
(c) He does not see any people.
(d) He does not see any smoke coming from the city.

Short Answer Questions

1. After looking for things to enhance their cart, what do the father and son do?

2. What do the father and son discover in a doorway?

3. What does the boy find when they take things from the cart?

4. Along the road, what do the father and son encounter that makes them stop?

5. What do the father and son have to get through or it could mean their death?

Short Essay Questions

1. Give an example that demonstrates the father's stubbornness and how he has somewhat lost touch with reality.

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

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

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

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

6. Recall what question the son asks the father repeatedly and relate it to the father's coughing fits.

7. Explain how the father is failing his son.

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

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

10. Describe how food is constantly a struggle, comparing how the father and son manage their food.

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