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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. What do the father and son find in the nice house?
(a) A barrel of apples, blankets, and a backpack.
(b) Packets of freeze-dried food, a pillow, and a bike.
(c) Gallons of water, shoes, and a wagon.
(d) Tins of food, clothes, and a wheelbarrow.

2. How many days do the father and son stay in the nice house?
(a) Three days.
(b) Two days.
(c) Four days.
(d) Seven days.

3. The father carries his son across a field, but he has to stop every _____ steps.
(a) Twenty.
(b) Ten.
(c) Fifty.
(d) Thirty.

4. What does the father want to do with the food that he and his son find in the nice house?
(a) Burn the food in a fire.
(b) Throw the food away.
(c) Store the food in their cart.
(d) Cook the food really well.

5. What does the father swim out to inspect while the son stays on the beach?
(a) An abandoned life raft.
(b) A person drowning.
(c) A floating body.
(d) An abandoned boat.

Short Answer Questions

1. The father and the son are becoming increasingly weak, and they sleep in the woods -- what does the father do while the son is asleep?

2. What does the father find inside the barn that he eats?

3. How does the son feel about the beach?

4. The father and son comb the beach -- what do they find?

5. While on the beach, why does the father need to warm the son up with a fire and food?

Short Essay Questions

1. Describe how the father treats the old man that he and the son meet in Chapter 31.

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

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

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

5. In Chapter 30, describe how the son acts like a child for the first time.

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

7. Describe how the author generates credibility to the father's paranoia about the world.

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

9. Explain how the son begins questioning his father's judgment in Chapters 26-30.

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

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