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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 sister's house.
(b) His friend's house.
(c) His brother's house.
(d) His old house.

2. In Chapter 11, how would the father and son describe the dinner that they prepared?
(a) Nasty.
(b) Inedible.
(c) Good.
(d) Okay.

3. Why is the son becoming increasingly cold?
(a) It is raining.
(b) It is windy.
(c) It is snowing.
(d) He has no coat.

4. What lands on the son's hand at the end of Chapter 4?
(a) A teardrop.
(b) A snowflake.
(c) A raindrop.
(d) A leaf.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What do the father and child use to carry their possessions?

2. What does the father wash out of the son's hair?

3. After leaving the supermarket, how does the son feel about following the father into the house?

4. Upon reaching the road, what does the father say about States?

5. While walking through an inhabited town, what are the father and son desperate for?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. Explain how the father is failing his son.

3. Describe a recurring theme throughout Chapters 16 through 20.

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

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

6. Explain how the author's descriptions and use of language set the tone for the rest of the novel.

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

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

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

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

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