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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does the father claim about his memory from his childhood?
(a) It is his only happy memory from his childhood.
(b) It was his worst memory of his childhood.
(c) It was the perfect time of his childhood.
(d) It is his only memory from his childhood.

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

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

4. After the confrontation with the man who found their hiding spot, where do the father and son stay for the night?
(a) In a broken down van.
(b) In an old abandoned house.
(c) Out of sight in the woods.
(d) Up in a tree.

5. What happens to the son when the man reaches their hiding spot?
(a) The man gives the son a drink of water.
(b) The man shoves the son out of the way.
(c) The man grabs the son and puts a knife to his throat.
(d) The man chases after the son.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What does the father do to the son after they come upon the thing in the doorway?

3. Why is the son becoming increasingly cold?

4. What do the father and son find inside a barn?

5. While trying to shelter themselves from the rain, what does the father talk to the son about for a long period of time?

Short Essay Questions

1. Explain why it is difficult for the reader to truly assess how bad things are in the world.

2. Recall a situation in the text that demonstrates how the son has becomes immune to the sight of death.

3. Give an example from Chapter 11 where the father demonstrates his love for his son.

4. At the beginning of Chapter 11, describe where the father and son bathe and what they eat for dinner.

5. After traveling through the mountains, explain how the father knows he and his son have reached their destination.

6. Describe the father's belief in God.

7. Explain what the father does in Chapters 11-15 that accentuates his paranoia, citing an example.

8. Describe what the father makes for their feet in Chapter 20.

9. Give an example that demonstrates the father's stubbornness and how he has somewhat lost touch with reality.

10. Describe how the father restricts the son from his humanitarian instincts.

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