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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through 31-35.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Things are not going well for the father and son -- what are they running out of?
(a) Water.
(b) Food.
(c) Clothing.
(d) Energy.

2. What do the father and son do the morning after the father finds the house and barn?
(a) Leave as quickly as possible.
(b) Wrap themselves in blankets, eat apples, and drink the water.
(c) Hot wire the car and leave the house.
(d) Sit on a blanket and eat peaches.

3. What do the father and son find in the woods that they eat for dinner?
(a) Acorns and roots.
(b) A rabbit.
(c) Mushrooms.
(d) Berries.

4. While the father has another coughing fit, what does he think about?
(a) His wife.
(b) His son.
(c) Dying.
(d) His mother.

5. While on the road, the father and son meet an old man -- what does the son beg his father to give the old man?
(a) Water.
(b) Shoes.
(c) A coat.
(d) Food.

Short Answer Questions

1. How far away are the father and son from where the father thought they actually were?

2. Along the road, the father and son spy a group of people climbing out of a truck -- what are the people wearing?

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

4. After they leave the men on the road, why does the son ask the father if he is dying?

5. What do the father and son do after their discovery in the trailer?

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