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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How does the weather change once the father and son leave the house and barn and are back on the road?
(a) It begins hailing.
(b) The wind picks up.
(c) It begins snowing.
(d) It begins raining.

2. What do the father and son eat that is fermented?
(a) Corn.
(b) Rice and beans.
(c) Ham and potatoes.
(d) Oatmeal.

3. The father and son eventually find somewhere dry to sleep in the woods, but what wakes them up in the middle of the night and causes them to run?
(a) Wild dogs.
(b) Men with guns.
(c) A forest fire.
(d) The trees begin to fall.

4. As the son becomes even colder, what does he ask his father about again?
(a) For more food.
(b) If they are dying.
(c) If they can build a bigger fire.
(d) For a better coat.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Along the road, the father and son come upon a man -- what is wrong with the man?

2. What does the boy find when they take things from the cart?

3. After the father and son flee the woods and find their cart, why is the boy struggling to walk?

4. While walking through an inhabited town, what are the father and son desperate for?

5. After the father and son make cakes, where do they sleep for the night?

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