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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. What are the father and son trying so hard to find at the supermarket?
2. As it becomes increasingly cold, what does the father begin to wonder?
3. After the confrontation with the man who found their hiding spot, where do the father and son stay for the night?
4. Despite his son's protests, what does the father do to the son after the person approaches him in the inhabited village?
5. The day after the father and son make cakes, what happens when the son calls out to the person who approaches him?
Short Essay Questions
1. Describe two things that the father and son see along their journey in Chapters 16 through 20.
2. Give an example that demonstrates the father's stubbornness and how he has somewhat lost touch with reality.
3. Recall a situation in the text that demonstrates how the son has becomes immune to the sight of death.
4. Describe how food is constantly a struggle, comparing how the father and son manage their food.
5. Explain what happens in Chapter 16 when a little boy comes up to the son.
6. Recall examples from Chapters 1-5 that demonstrate how the father tries to protect the son, and how the son tries to protect the father.
7. Describe the father's belief in God.
8. Explain what the father says about the States road.
9. Describe how the son is more capable of surviving than his father.
10. Describe what the father makes for their feet in Chapter 20.
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
Although the landscape and destruction are mentioned, the author never explains what caused the devastation. Explore the cause of this devastation, refer to the clues that are provided to the reader.
• How does the landscape suggest an epidemic -- could it be environmental, caused by man through war, or both?
• Why is it difficult to truly assess the situation of the world, and how is the father an unreliable witness?
• How does not explaining the disaster add to the paranoia and confusion that the reader feels from the father?
Essay Topic 2
Analyze the theme of extinction or "the end of the world." How has near extinction caused humans to act in The Road? Would people really react this way? What are signs that the earth has been mistreated? Are there any signs that the earth is healing itself?
Essay Topic 3
Examine the theme of overprotection in the book and how it pertains to the father and son's relationship. Is the father's overprotection justified or needless?
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