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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. The old man that the father and son meet on the road stays with them for the night -- what do the father and the old man talk about?
2. After leaving the gas station, what do the men that stop the father and son want?
3. After spying on the people walking by, further down the road the father and son see a fire and smell food -- what do the they find cooking on the fire?
4. Why does the father not want to stay in the hidden cellar?
5. The father sees a house and decides to explore it while his son sleeps -- what does he leave beside the boy?
Short Essay Questions
1. Give an example from Chapters 26-30 of where the author uses foreshadowing.
2. Recall how the father displays his paranoid attitude again while he and the son are staying in the hidden cellar.
3. Describe how the father makes lamps before he and the son enter the hidden cellar.
4. Explain what happens when the father and son find the old abandoned train -- analyze the father's actions.
5. Explain what happens in Chapter 35 that finally makes the father realize that the son is growing up.
6. Describe what things the father and son find while at the beach in Chapter 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 how the father treats the old man that he and the son meet in Chapter 31.
9. Explain how the son begins questioning his father's judgment in Chapters 26-30.
10. Describe what the father and son find in Chapter 21 after the father breaks open a locked pantry door.
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
In The Road, the cities are deserted or destroyed, plant life is gone, animals have disappeared. Something catastrophic has happened to the world. Examine the conflict of Person vs. Nature, citing examples from the text that demonstrate how the characters are up against the forces of nature.
Essay Topic 2
Analyze the theme of fear, particularly the father's fear of the boy growing up. Cite examples from the text that demonstrate the father's fears. Why is the father so fearful of the son growing up?
Essay Topic 3
Explore the use of foreshadowing in the novel and analyze how it affects the story. How has this technique affected the plot of the story? Cite examples from the text to support your argument.
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