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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. The father and son sit in a truck surrounded by billboards -- what does one of the billboards say?
(a) Warns of death.
(b) Advertises a cruise line.
(c) Advertises Coke.
(d) Warns of famine.

2. What do the father and son do in the hidden cellar besides eating?
(a) They play cards.
(b) They wrestle.
(c) They organize the supplies.
(d) They take a bath.

3. What does the father say when he and his son enter the hidden cellar?
(a) "Heaven help us."
(b) "This is the work of the devil."
(c) "Oh my god."
(d) "Thank the lord."

4. What does the father say about their first night back on the road?
(a) They are almost to their destination.
(b) He does not know if he can go on.
(c) It is their best night so far.
(d) It is their worst night so far.

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 horse.
(b) If they will ever have to eat a dog.
(c) If they will ever have to eat a cat.
(d) If they will ever have to eat a human.

Short Answer Questions

1. How does the father get the men that approach them on the road to leave?

2. Where do the father and son travel to after leaving the gas station?

3. Before leaving the house and barn, the father and son collect more _______ before they head back on the road.

4. At the beginning of Chapter 26, where do the father and son sleep?

5. After the father and son run from the nice looking house and hide, how many people do they see walking towards the house?

Short Essay Questions

1. Describe what things the father and son find while at the beach in Chapter 40.

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

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

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

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

6. Describe three things that the father and son find of use in Chapters 36-40.

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

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

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

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

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