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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 do the father and child use to carry their possessions?
(a) A cart.
(b) A bicycle.
(c) A wagon.
(d) A van.
2. Along the road, the father and son spy a group of people climbing out of a truck -- what are the people wearing?
(a) Helmets.
(b) Camouflage.
(c) Gas masks.
(d) Fur coats.
3. The father wakes from a dream and claims dreaming is not good -- what was he dreaming about?
(a) His childhood.
(b) His wife's suicide.
(c) A woman he once knew.
(d) A nightmare of his son being killed.
4. Where do the father and son hide while spying on the people climbing out of a truck?
(a) Behind a large tree.
(b) In a ditch.
(c) In an abandoned car.
(d) In a bush.
5. What is the first location that the father and son walk to in Chapter 1?
(a) An abandoned hospital.
(b) An abandoned hotel.
(c) An abandoned gas station.
(d) An abandoned grocery store.
Short Answer Questions
1. How does the father recognize their destination?
2. After finding the items from the cart, what does the boy have a bad dream about?
3. What do the father and son have to get through or it could mean their death?
4. After reaching the city, what does the son ask the father about before nightfall?
5. What happens to the son when the man reaches their hiding spot?
Short Essay Questions
1. Explain what the father says about the States road.
2. Explain how the author's descriptions and use of language set the tone for the rest of the novel.
3. Analyze the son's dream about the toy penguin.
4. Give an example of a game that the father and son play together.
5. Give an example that demonstrates the father's stubbornness and how he has somewhat lost touch with reality.
6. 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.
7. Explain why the father is so overprotective of the son.
8. Recall from Chapter 5 what the father remembers his wife telling him about his son.
9. Describe what happens when the father and son arrive at the father's old house.
10. Explain what happens in Chapter 16 when a little boy comes up to the son.
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