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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. How many days do the father and son stay in the nice house?
(a) Two days.
(b) Seven days.
(c) Four days.
(d) Three days.
2. In Chapter 36, the father and son come to a nice house -- why does the father worry about going inside?
(a) The house could have traps.
(b) There are dead bodies inside the house.
(c) The three people they met earlier may be inside.
(d) They will waste too much time.
3. The father carries his son across a field, but he has to stop every _____ steps.
(a) Thirty.
(b) Twenty.
(c) Fifty.
(d) Ten.
4. The father and son comb the beach -- what do they find?
(a) Bones of dead fish and cattle.
(b) Bones of dead dogs.
(c) An old man.
(d) A pile of human bodies.
5. After the father and son run from the nice looking house and hide, how many people do they see walking towards the house?
(a) Three.
(b) Two.
(c) Six.
(d) Five.
Short Answer Questions
1. After leaving their camp, what does the father spy some boys burning?
2. Why does the father not want to stay in the hidden cellar?
3. Things are not going well for the father and son -- what are they running out of?
4. The old man that the father and son meet on the road stays with them for the night -- what do the father and the old man talk about?
5. While under the bridge, the son wants a fire, so why does the father not start one?
Short Essay Questions
1. In Chapter 26, describe the son's reaction when the father loses their lighter and cannot make a fire.
2. In Chapter 30, describe how the son acts like a child for the first time.
3. Describe how the son shows his increasing influence on the father in Chapter 31.
4. Describe what the father and son find in Chapter 21 after the father breaks open a locked pantry door.
5. Recall how the father displays his paranoid attitude again while he and the son are staying in the hidden cellar.
6. Explain what happens in Chapter 35 that finally makes the father realize that the son is growing up.
7. Analyze how the son feels about he and his father's changing relationship in Chapter 40, citing an example from the text.
8. Give an example from Chapters 21-25 that describes the son's naivety.
9. Describe what the father and son find in Chapter 35 that symbolizes the end of the son's innocence.
10. Explain why the father gives the son a gun after they see the people walking towards the house.
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