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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. While walking through an inhabited town, what are the father and son desperate for?
(a) Coats.
(b) Food.
(c) Shoes.
(d) Water.
2. At the first location in Chapter 1, what does the father try calling?
(a) His old house.
(b) His sister's house.
(c) His brother's house.
(d) His friend's house.
3. What covers the city that the father and son explore?
(a) Weeds.
(b) Snow.
(c) Ash and dust.
(d) Dirt and tar.
4. What does the father remember about his own childhood?
(a) His mother baking pies.
(b) Boating with his uncle on a lake.
(c) Playing with his friends on a lake.
(d) His dad taking him fishing.
5. What does the father do when one of the men they are spying on walks toward their hiding place?
(a) The father pulls out a knife.
(b) The father tells the son to run.
(c) The father gets ready to jump on the man.
(d) The father pulls out a gun.
Short Answer Questions
1. What do the father and child use to carry their possessions?
2. What do the father and son find inside a barn?
3. What are the father and son running out of as they travel?
4. At the end of Chapter 10, what do the father and son find?
5. What lands on the son's hand at the end of Chapter 4?
Short Essay Questions
1. Describe two things that the father and son see along their journey in Chapters 16 through 20.
2. Describe what the father makes for their feet in Chapter 20.
3. Recall an example from the first few chapters of the novel that demonstrates the son's concern with mortality.
4. 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.
5. Explain what the father does in Chapters 11-15 that accentuates his paranoia, citing an example.
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. Give an example from Chapter 11 where the father demonstrates his love for his son.
9. Explain what the father says about the States road.
10. Recall a situation in the text that demonstrates how the son has becomes immune to the sight of death.
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