the road test

Aleman Alemam

Directions: Save this file in your folder. Type your name at the top left of this document. Type the answers beneath each question. Print this out and hand it to me when you are finished.

The Road

PART A: Explicate the following two passages. You may use your notebook to assist you.
1) The first page of The Road (the paragraph ends at the top of pg. 4). It begins: “When he woke in the woods in the dark…” You may answer this question knowing what you do about the book as a whole. (10pts)

In this scene it seems like character is just explaining a whole a lot about the scenery and like trying to get us to have a feel for this book. Basically the main character has just woken up in the middle of the woods on a cold dark night. The authors attitude toward the subject is simple. He’s mood is just trying to make us feel what the character is feeling. The literary techniques are pretty much metaphors.


2) The last paragraph of The Road (pg. 286-87). The paragraph begins: “Once there were brook trout in the stream…” (5 pts)
I really don’t understand this paragraph no matter


PART B: Answer the following questions as logically as possible. Be sure to explain your answers in short paragraphs. (5 pts each)

3) What do you suppose the man did as a job in his former life? Explain.

The man I believe had to be either a firefighter a cop or a veteran the war. I believe the man was some sort of a fire fighter because he has the bad cough which means he had to have dealt with something that degree of work.. And also believe he was a cop because the way he had that great shot to the head of that one cannibal. But I also do believe he was veteran because he like knows the stuff he needs to survive and he could read a map pretty good and had knowledge about where they rested and stuff.
4) Are the man and boy heroes? Why or why not?
Well

I believe the man and the boy were heroes to some extent even though they didn’t really like help the people that were stuck in the basement about to get eaten. But they also did help the old man that was blind they gave him some food. The boy is more of a hero then the man because he wanted to help everyone he saw but helping could have killed him.
5) What will happen to the boy and his new family? Explain your answer.
I believe in the future the boy will be raised and thought very well with his new family. They seem like nice and respectable people because the mother and father have children and they have to teach the children how to live and respect others and they will just take him as one of they’re own.

PART C: Go to my blog and respond to the post titled “The Road –Reflection”. Do NOT type the answer here. If you do, you will lose 5 points from the test.