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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What does the son find in his pocket that the father and son share?
(a) Candy.
(b) Nuts.
(c) Berries.
(d) Raisins.

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

4. Just when the father is thinking of leaving the cart he sees their destination -- what does he name it?
(a) The Point.
(b) The Hallow.
(c) The Valley.
(d) The Gap.

5. Despite his son's protests, what does the father do to the son after the person approaches him in the inhabited village?
(a) The father drags his son out of the village.
(b) The father starts yelling at the other person.
(c) The father shoots the other person.
(d) The father asks the other person to join them on their journey.

Short Answer Questions

1. After the confrontation with the man who found their hiding spot, where do the father and son stay for the night?

2. After reaching the city, what does the son ask the father about before nightfall?

3. After leaving the first location visited in Chapter 1, the father and son reach a city -- why does the father presume there is no life there?

4. The father and the son are becoming increasingly weak, and they sleep in the woods -- what does the father do while the son is asleep?

5. What time is it when the father and son make their way down to the city?

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