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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Along the road, what do the father and son encounter that makes them stop?
(a) A jackknifed truck.
(b) A burned out bus.
(c) A herd of sheep.
(d) A dead body.

2. 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 defend himself if the people find them.
(b) To shoot the father if the people find them.
(c) To hide the gun if the people find them.
(d) To kill himself if the people find them.

3. The father has a hard time remembering how to play the games -- what does he do?
(a) He makes the son look for firewood.
(b) He makes up new ones.
(c) He gets angry.
(d) He gets embarrassed.

4. What does the father decide to do about the man who has collapsed on the road?
(a) The father pushes the man out of the way and yells at him.
(b) The father shoots the man in the head to end his misery.
(c) The father helps the man.
(d) The father leaves the man where he lies and they walk on.

5. After passing the boys with the fire, the father and son think someone is following them so they decide to hide -- who do they see walk past?
(a) One man and two pregnant women.
(b) Two boys and a dog.
(c) Two men, a woman, and a baby.
(d) Three men and a pregnant woman.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does the father find in a gas station that helps him to know where they are?

2. How does the weather change once the father and son leave the house and barn and are back on the road?

3. Where do the father and son hide while spying on the people climbing out of a truck?

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

5. What type of games do the father and son play?

(see the answer key)

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