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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 beginning of Chapter 26, where do the father and son sleep?
(a) Under a bridge.
(b) In an abandoned house.
(c) In the woods.
(d) Beside a creek.

2. What does the son think is inside the nice house?
(a) A person.
(b) Wild dogs.
(c) Spiders.
(d) A bomb.

3. What does the father find inside the barn that he eats?
(a) Potatoes.
(b) Corn seeds.
(c) Peaches.
(d) Wheat.

4. After leaving the gas station, the father and son continue along the road -- how many men stop them?
(a) Six.
(b) Two.
(c) Three.
(d) Five.

5. Things are not going well for the father and son -- what are they running out of?
(a) Clothing.
(b) Energy.
(c) Food.
(d) Water.

Short Answer Questions

1. Although they have no food and all they eat is snow, what does the father continue to tell the son?

2. What do the father and son do the morning after the father finds the house and barn?

3. How does the son feel about entering the nice house?

4. How many days do the father and son stay in the nice house?

5. Before leaving the house and barn, the father and son collect more _______ before they head back on the road.

Short Essay Questions

1. Explain why the son returns to the fearful version of himself in Chapter 36, and use an example from the text.

2. Explain why the father gives the son a gun after they see the people walking towards the house.

3. In Chapter 26, describe the son's reaction when the father loses their lighter and cannot make a fire.

4. Describe one example from Chapters 36-40 that demonstrates how the father is becoming more reliant on the son's opinion.

5. Explain what happens in Chapter 35 that finally makes the father realize that the son is growing up.

6. Describe what things the father and son find while at the beach in Chapter 40.

7. Give an example from Chapters 26-30 of where the author uses foreshadowing.

8. Describe how the father makes lamps before he and the son enter the hidden cellar.

9. Analyze the son's reaction when, in Chapters 36-40, he realizes that the father is becoming more reliant on his opinion.

10. Recall an example from Chapter 31 that demonstrates how the father is dealing with the son growing up.

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