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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through 21-25.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. After finding the items from the cart, what does the boy have a bad dream about?
(a) His mother's suicide.
(b) Freezing to death.
(c) A toy penguin.
(d) His father dying.

2. While walking through an inhabited town, what are the father and son desperate for?
(a) Shoes.
(b) Coats.
(c) Food.
(d) Water.

3. What does the father say about their first night back on the road?
(a) He does not know if he can go on.
(b) They are almost to their destination.
(c) It is their worst night so far.
(d) It is their best night so far.

4. How is the weather when the father and son reach the city?
(a) It's snowing.
(b) It's sunny.
(c) It's raining.
(d) It's windy.

5. After looking for things to enhance their cart, what do the father and son do?
(a) Drink from a stream.
(b) Have a nice talk.
(c) Eat.
(d) Rest.

Short Answer Questions

1. Despite his son's protests, what does the father do to the son after the person approaches him in the inhabited village?

2. When did the father's wife shoot herself?

3. What does the son think is close by the barn?

4. After he leaves his son safely sleeping, the father explores a barn -- what does he find in the barn?

5. Along the road, what do the father and son encounter that makes them stop?

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