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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Just when the father is thinking of leaving the cart he sees their destination -- what does he name it?
(a) The Hallow.
(b) The Valley.
(c) The Gap.
(d) The Point.

2. After leaving the woods, the father and son come to a road -- what does the father call this road?
(a) The Endless roads.
(b) The Forgotten roads.
(c) The States roads.
(d) The Black roads.

3. What do the father and son find inside a trailer along the road?
(a) Boxes of food.
(b) Dead bodies.
(c) Gallons of water.
(d) Piles of clothes.

4. After reaching the city, what does the son ask the father about before nightfall?
(a) Food.
(b) Death.
(c) His mother.
(d) His grandmother.

5. Along the road, what do the father and son encounter that makes them stop?
(a) A dead body.
(b) A jackknifed truck.
(c) A herd of sheep.
(d) A burned out bus.

6. After leaving the city, what direction do the father and son head?
(a) South.
(b) North.
(c) West.
(d) East.

7. What does the father find at the supermarket that he gives to the son?
(a) A can of Pepsi.
(b) A can of Coke.
(c) A can of Mountain Dew.
(d) A can of Dr. Pepper.

8. After leaving the cart in a parking lot, where do the father and son walk to?
(a) A park.
(b) A waterfall.
(c) A grocery store.
(d) A bridge.

9. In the morning after finding the city, why does the father step away from the son before he wakes?
(a) The father does not want the son to hear him coughing.
(b) The father is crying and does not want the son to hear.
(c) The father is looking for food.
(d) The father is looking for water.

10. How does the son feel about how his father has treated the man who has collapsed on the road?
(a) He is happy.
(b) He is relieved.
(c) He is dismayed.
(d) He is angry.

11. What house do the father and son go to after leaving the supermarket?
(a) The house where the son was born.
(b) The house where the father grew up.
(c) The house of the father's best friend.
(d) The house where the son's mother grew up.

12. Where are the father and son sleeping at the beginning of Chapter 1?
(a) In a trailer.
(b) In a hotel.
(c) In a house.
(d) Outside.

13. What does the father wash out of the son's hair?
(a) Vomit.
(b) Blood.
(c) Dirt.
(d) Paint.

14. What does the boy find when they take things from the cart?
(a) An old pair of shoes.
(b) His mother's necklace.
(c) A basketball.
(d) Toys.

15. When did the father's wife shoot herself?
(a) When the son was two.
(b) Right before they started their road trip.
(c) After they had gotten in a fight.
(d) When the son was born.

Short Answer Questions

1. What do the father and son do after their discovery in the trailer?

2. What do the father and son find that they use to make cakes?

3. What do the father and son have to get through or it could mean their death?

4. The father and son come to a stone wall -- what is hanging from the wall?

5. At the first location in Chapter 1, what does the father try calling?

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