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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. After the father and son run from the nice looking house and hide, how many people do they see walking towards the house?
(a) Two.
(b) Six.
(c) Five.
(d) Three.

2. After leaving the barn, the father explores the house -- what does he find inside the house that's useful?
(a) A wrench.
(b) A screwdriver.
(c) A knife.
(d) A hammer.

3. How does the weather change once the father and son leave the house and barn and are back on the road?
(a) It begins snowing.
(b) The wind picks up.
(c) It begins hailing.
(d) It begins raining.

4. While on the beach, why does the father need to warm the son up with a fire and food?
(a) The son is freezing after falling in the ocean while looking for shells.
(b) The son is freezing after swimming in the ocean.
(c) The son is freezing after going for a run.
(d) The son is freezing after being in a downpour of rain.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. After leaving their camp, what does the father spy some boys burning?

2. How does the son feel about the beach?

3. What is unusual about the door to the house in Chapter 36?

4. While on the road, the father and son meet an old man -- what does the son beg his father to give the old man?

5. The father sees a house and decides to explore it while his son sleeps -- what does he leave beside the boy?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

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

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 three things that the father finds in Chapters 21-25 that he finds useful.

8. Give an example from Chapters 21-25 that shows the father's mistrust.

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

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

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