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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.
Short Answer Questions
1. After finding the items from the cart, what does the boy have a bad dream about?
2. After finding their destination, what does the father wish he had for their cart?
3. What do the father and child use to carry their possessions?
4. What does the father notice that makes him question whether he is a good father?
5. Why is the son becoming increasingly cold?
Short Essay Questions
1. Describe what happens when the father and son arrive at the father's old house.
2. Explain what the father says about the States road.
3. Explain why it is difficult for the reader to truly assess how bad things are in the world.
4. Describe how the father restricts the son from his humanitarian instincts.
5. Explain how the father demonstrates perseverance in Chapters 16 through 20.
6. Explain what is revealed in Chapter 15 about the father's wife.
7. Describe the father's belief in God.
8. At the beginning of Chapter 11, describe where the father and son bathe and what they eat for dinner.
9. Recall a situation in the text that demonstrates how the son has becomes immune to the sight of death.
10. Give an example that demonstrates the father's stubbornness and how he has somewhat lost touch with reality.
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
Analyze the father's psychological state and how it pertains to the story. How does his mental state affect the decisions that he makes? Are these decisions helping or hurting himself and his son?
Essay Topic 2
The father insists that there are good and bad guys in the world, leading the reader to believe a "bad" group of people are responsible for the destruction. How are good people set apart from bad people in the story? What are the major characteristics that good people have that bad people don't? How does the father distinguish between the good and bad people?
Essay Topic 3
The man and the boy isolate themselves in The Road by hiding in the woods, and they are constantly on the lookout for others while they travel. Analyze the theme of isolation in the novel, and explain how this isolation affects the son, citing examples from the text.
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