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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. The father carries his son across a field, but he has to stop every _____ steps.
(a) Ten.
(b) Thirty.
(c) Twenty.
(d) Fifty.

2. Near the tool shed, the father uncovers a locked trap door to a hidden cellar -- how does the son react?
(a) He begins to cry and passes out.
(b) He begs the father not to enter.
(c) He excitedly asks his father to enter.
(d) He runs away.

3. While on the beach, why does the father need to warm the son up with a fire and food?
(a) The son is freezing after going for a run.
(b) The son is freezing after falling in the ocean while looking for shells.
(c) The son is freezing after swimming in the ocean.
(d) The son is freezing after being in a downpour of rain.

4. The father and son sit in a truck surrounded by billboards -- what does one of the billboards say?
(a) Advertises a cruise line.
(b) Warns of death.
(c) Advertises Coke.
(d) Warns of famine.

5. How does the weather change once the father and son leave the house and barn and are back on the road?
(a) It begins raining.
(b) It begins hailing.
(c) The wind picks up.
(d) It begins snowing.

6. After they leave the men on the road, why does the son ask the father if he is dying?
(a) His cough is getting bad.
(b) He is bleeding.
(c) He cannot walk.
(d) His vision is getting blurry.

7. What does the father make with some bottles and gasoline?
(a) Bombs.
(b) Toys.
(c) Lamps.
(d) A fire.

8. What does the father find in the nice house that he thinks could be poison?
(a) Apples.
(b) Tins of food.
(c) Water.
(d) Freeze-dried food.

9. At the beginning of Chapter 36, how many days has it been since the father and son have eaten?
(a) Six days.
(b) Two days.
(c) Three days.
(d) Five days.

10. 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?
(a) An infant.
(b) A rat.
(c) A rabbit.
(d) A snake.

11. In Chapter 35, how is the son starting to change?
(a) He is becoming more reckless and does not think before he acts.
(b) He is becoming quieter and barely speaks at all.
(c) He is becoming stronger and offering his point of view.
(d) He is becoming more frightened and relies on his father for everything.

12. After the father finds his son, who had wandered off while he was asleep, what does the son tell the father he has found?
(a) A car.
(b) A creek.
(c) A train.
(d) A bush with berries.

13. After the son asks the father if he is dying, they stop to rest and set up camp -- how many days do they stay in this same spot?
(a) Five days.
(b) Two days.
(c) Three days.
(d) Seven days.

14. How does the son feel about the beach?
(a) He wants to leave the beach immediately.
(b) He wants to stay at the beach.
(c) He wants to leave the beach tomorrow.
(d) He wants to stay a few days, but leave eventually.

15. After resting in the truck, the father and son find a house -- what does the father find in a tool shed?
(a) Oil.
(b) Gasoline.
(c) A dead body.
(d) An ax.

Short Answer Questions

1. The morning after sleeping on the road, what do the father and son do because the father is worried about their tracks?

2. After setting up camp, the father wakes up and the son is gone; after looking for him, what does the father see the son doing?

3. Things are not going well for the father and son -- what are they running out of?

4. After leaving the barn, the father explores the house -- what does he find inside the house that's useful?

5. After the father and son run from the nice looking house and hide, how many people do they see walking towards the house?

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