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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 covers the city that the father and son explore?
(a) Snow.
(b) Dirt and tar.
(c) Weeds.
(d) Ash and dust.
2. What do the father and child use to carry their possessions?
(a) A bicycle.
(b) A wagon.
(c) A van.
(d) A cart.
3. After the father and son make cakes, where do they sleep for the night?
(a) In an abandoned house.
(b) In a tent.
(c) In an old car.
(d) In a trailer.
4. Despite his son's protests, what does the father do to the son after the person approaches him in the inhabited village?
(a) The father drags his son out of the village.
(b) The father shoots the other person.
(c) The father asks the other person to join them on their journey.
(d) The father starts yelling at the other person.
5. What has happened to the woman that the father has a dream about?
(a) She's alone and pregnant.
(b) She's hurt.
(c) She's healthy and happy.
(d) She's dead.
Short Answer Questions
1. What does the father find at the supermarket that he gives to the son?
2. In Chapter 11, how would the father and son describe the dinner that they prepared?
3. What does the father fix to the cart to keep the limbs away as they move down the road?
4. What happens to the son when the man reaches their hiding spot?
5. After finding the items from the cart, what does the boy have a bad dream about?
Short Essay Questions
1. Describe the father's belief in God.
2. Give one example from Chapter 5 that demonstrates how the father is not functioning well psychologically.
3. At the beginning of Chapter 11, describe where the father and son bathe and what they eat for dinner.
4. Describe two things that the father and son see along their journey in Chapters 16 through 20.
5. Explain how the father is failing his son.
6. Give an example from Chapter 11 where the father demonstrates his love for his son.
7. After traveling through the mountains, explain how the father knows he and his son have reached their destination.
8. Explain how the author's descriptions and use of language set the tone for the rest of the novel.
9. Explain why it is difficult for the reader to truly assess how bad things are in the world.
10. Explain what is revealed in Chapter 15 about the father's wife.
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