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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through 11-15.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is the father doing at the beginning of Chapter 1?
(a) Sleeping.
(b) Looking over his child as he sleeps.
(c) Walking down a deserted road.
(d) Preparing dinner for his child.

2. What does the father fix to the cart to keep the limbs away as they move down the road?
(a) Pieces of cloth.
(b) Large leaves.
(c) Brooms.
(d) Brushes.

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 gets angry.
(c) He makes up new ones.
(d) He gets embarrassed.

4. What do the father and son discover in a doorway?
(a) A starving dog.
(b) A dead, dried-up body.
(c) A gun.
(d) A small child crying.

5. What does the father tell the son has happened to the man who collapses in the road?
(a) The man has been struck by lightning.
(b) The man has been beaten.
(c) The man has severe frostbite.
(d) The man is starving to death.

Short Answer Questions

1. While traveling, why do the father and son leave their fires alight?

2. What do the father and son find inside a trailer along the road?

3. What does the father claim could happen to himself and his son if they get wet?

4. The father wakes from a dream and claims dreaming is not good -- what was he dreaming about?

5. How does the father recognize their destination?

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