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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. After leaving the gas station, the father and son continue along the road -- how many men stop them?
(a) Six.
(b) Three.
(c) Two.
(d) Five.

2. After coming to the roadblock, why do the father and son stop and stay for the night?
(a) They are tired.
(b) It is raining.
(c) It is too windy.
(d) It is snowing.

3. 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.

4. After the father and son hide from the people walking towards the nice house, why does the father give the son a gun?
(a) To kill himself if the people find them.
(b) To hide the gun if the people find them.
(c) To shoot the father if the people find them.
(d) To defend himself if the people find them.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. The old man that the father and son meet on the road stays with them for the night -- what do the father and the old man talk about?

2. What happens to the son when the man reaches their hiding spot?

3. In Chapter 11, how would the father and son describe the dinner that they prepared?

4. What does the father decide to do about the man who has collapsed on the road?

5. After setting up camp, the father wakes up and the son is gone; after looking for him, what does the father see the son doing?

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