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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. In Chapter 36, the father and son come to a nice house -- why does the father worry about going inside?
(a) The three people they met earlier may be inside.
(b) They will waste too much time.
(c) The house could have traps.
(d) There are dead bodies inside the house.

2. When the father and son stop for the night after leaving the hidden cellar, what does the son ask the father?
(a) If he can see the gun.
(b) What their long term goals are.
(c) What they will eat for dinner.
(d) If they can go back to the hidden cellar.

3. After the father finds his son, who had wandered off while he was asleep, what does the son tell the father he has found?
(a) A bush with berries.
(b) A creek.
(c) A car.
(d) A train.

4. After spying on the people walking by, further down the road the father and son see a fire and smell food -- what do the they find cooking on the fire?
(a) A rat.
(b) A snake.
(c) A rabbit.
(d) An infant.

5. After exploring the house the father heads back outside -- what does he find?
(a) Potatoes.
(b) Peaches.
(c) Apples.
(d) Tomatoes

Short Answer Questions

1. After the son asks the father if he is dying, they stop to rest and set up camp -- how many days do they stay in this same spot?

2. While the father has another coughing fit, what does he think about?

3. What do the father and son find in the nice house?

4. What does the father want to do with the food that he and his son find in the nice house?

5. What does the father find in a gas station that helps him to know where they are?

Short Essay Questions

1. Describe how the son shows his increasing influence on the father in Chapter 31.

2. Give an example from Chapters 21-25 that describes the son's naivety.

3. Analyze how the son feels about he and his father's changing relationship in Chapter 40, citing an example from the text.

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

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

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

7. Explain what happens when the father and son find the old abandoned train -- analyze the father's actions.

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

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

10. Describe what the father and son find in Chapter 35 that symbolizes the end of the son's innocence.

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