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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. Where do the father and son travel to after leaving the gas station?
2. What does the father want to do with the food that he and his son find in the nice house?
3. After leaving the hidden cellar and stopping for the night, the son asks the father a question -- how does the father answer?
4. The next town the father and son come to they find a nice looking house -- what do they find inside a locked pantry?
5. In Chapter 35, how is the son starting to change?
Short Essay Questions
1. Give an example from Chapters 26-30 of where the author uses foreshadowing.
2. Explain what happens in Chapter 35 that finally makes the father realize that the son is growing up.
3. In Chapter 26, describe the son's reaction when the father loses their lighter and cannot make a fire.
4. Recall an example from Chapter 31 that demonstrates how the father is dealing with the son growing up.
5. Explain why the father gives the son a gun after they see the people walking towards the house.
6. Describe how the father makes lamps before he and the son enter the hidden cellar.
7. Analyze how the son feels about he and his father's changing relationship in Chapter 40, citing an example from the text.
8. Analyze the son's reaction when, in Chapters 36-40, he realizes that the father is becoming more reliant on his opinion.
9. Describe what the father and son find in Chapter 35 that symbolizes the end of the son's innocence.
10. Explain how the son begins questioning his father's judgment in Chapters 26-30.
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
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?
Essay Topic 2
Explore the theme of death in The Road. How are the father and son dealing with the thought of death? How does the son's view of death compare to the father's? Is the son naive about death?
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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