1: What kind of dreams does the man believe come before a person dies?
a. Happy dreams
b. Dreams about being naked
c. Dangerous dreams
d. Dreams about losing teeth
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2: What was most likely the man's career before the nuclear apocalypse?
a. Teacher
b. Doctor
c. Politician
d. Chef
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3: As the man thinks about the old world, before the apocalypse, he realizes that he's forgotten the names of what?
a. Birds
b. His family
c. The colors
d. A and C
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4: Other than the boy, who is the first person the man speaks to in over a year?
a. The man struck by lightening
b. The bad man from the truck
c. Ely
d. The thief
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5: What does the man find in a house, that he gives the boy to drink?
a. Powdered milk
b. Cherry Coke
c. Grape drink mix
d. Wine
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6: In a home that was once opulent, why are people being kept alive in the cellar?
a. To be ransomed for supplies
b. To be slaves
c. To be eaten
d. To reproduce, in an effort to rebuild humanity
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7: What do the man and boy NOT find in the underground bunker?
a. Blankets
b. Guns
c. Soap
d. Cots
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8: While the boy wants Ely to stay with them, the man believes Ely is
a. a thief.
b. contaminated and diseased.
c. the person responsible for the nuclear war.
d. a decoy for the roadagents.
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9: The boy stops talking to the man for a while because
a. the man sent Ely away, to meet certain death.
b. the man is lying about how much better life will be by the sea.
c. the boy can tell the man is crazy.
d. the man keeps leading them into dangerous situations.
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10: What is of primary concern to the boy?
a. Learning about the way the world used to be
b. Stopping his father from worrying
c. Doing no harm to others
d. Remembering his mother
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11: What does the man eventually notice that the boy has stopped doing?
a. Picking up objects and being curious about them
b. Asking about the future
c. Caring about whether they do the right thing
d. Asking about his mother
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12: When the man and the boy reach the coast, why does the man apologize to the boy?
a. There aren't people there, as the man had promised.
b. The sea isn't blue, as the man told the boy it was.
c. The water isn't clean, so the man can't let the boy swim.
d. The man realizes that the boy's life has been nothing but hardship.
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13: What does the boy tell the man about the dreams he had when he got sick and almost died?
a. He dreamed of his mother and other dead relatives.
b. He dreamed of the desert.
c. He dreamed of being on the beach, but happy.
d. Nothing, the boy refuses to reveal his dreams.
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14: After the man dies, what becomes of the boy?
a. He decides to build a boat and cross the sea, to find other good people on the other shore.
b. He sets off to backtrack the journey, to return to the place he and his father came from.
c. He is taken in by another family.
d. He returns to town to find the thief and the woman who was with the man with the bow.
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15: Which of the following does NOT recur as symbolism in The Road?
a. Mirrors
b. Fire
c. Skeletons
d. Dreams
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