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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. While on the road, the father and son meet an old man -- what does the son beg his father to give the old man?
(a) A coat.
(b) Food.
(c) Shoes.
(d) Water.

2. After resting in the truck, the father and son find a house -- what does the father find in a tool shed?
(a) Gasoline.
(b) A dead body.
(c) An ax.
(d) Oil.

3. What do the father and son do the morning after the father finds the house and barn?
(a) Leave as quickly as possible.
(b) Wrap themselves in blankets, eat apples, and drink the water.
(c) Hot wire the car and leave the house.
(d) Sit on a blanket and eat peaches.

4. 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) They will waste too much time.
(c) There are dead bodies inside the house.
(d) The three people they met earlier may be inside.

5. After the father and son finish the last of their food supply, what does the son ask the father about eating?
(a) If they will ever have to eat a human.
(b) If they will ever have to eat a cat.
(c) If they will ever have to eat a horse.
(d) If they will ever have to eat a dog.

Short Answer Questions

1. How far away are the father and son from where the father thought they actually were?

2. After passing the boys with the fire, the father and son think someone is following them so they decide to hide -- who do they see walk past?

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

4. Once the father fills his basket and begins to leave the house, what does he look back and realize is by the house?

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

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

4. Describe what the father and son find in Chapter 21 after the father breaks open a locked pantry door.

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

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

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

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

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

10. Recall how the father displays his paranoid attitude again while he and the son are staying in the hidden cellar.

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