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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. How does the son feel about his father going in the ocean?
(a) Angry.
(b) Excited.
(c) Reluctant.
(d) Disappointed.

2. The father and son comb the beach -- what do they find?
(a) A pile of human bodies.
(b) Bones of dead dogs.
(c) An old man.
(d) Bones of dead fish and cattle.

3. How far away are the father and son from where the father thought they actually were?
(a) Fifty miles.
(b) Hundred miles.
(c) Twenty miles.
(d) Thirty miles.

4. 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."

5. At the beginning of Chapter 26, where do the father and son sleep?
(a) Under a bridge.
(b) In the woods.
(c) Beside a creek.
(d) In an abandoned house.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. After leaving the gas station, what do the men that stop the father and son want?

3. Besides asking his father to start a fire while under the bridge, what else does the son ask the father?

4. In Chapter 36, the father and son come to a nice house -- why does the father worry about going inside?

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

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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