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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through 36-40.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. As the father and son continue their journey, why is it getting so difficult to push the cart?
(a) The terrain is too rough and covered with rocks.
(b) The snow is getting worse.
(c) The cart is falling apart.
(d) The rain is falling too heavily.

2. 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 helps the man.
(c) The father leaves the man where he lies and they walk on.
(d) The father shoots the man in the head to end his misery.

3. After leaving the gas station, what do the men that stop the father and son want?
(a) The men want the father and son's shoes.
(b) The men ask what the father and son have in their cart.
(c) The men want the father and son to give them their clothes.
(d) The men demand that the father hand over the son.

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

5. After reaching the city, what does the son ask the father about before nightfall?
(a) Death.
(b) His mother.
(c) His grandmother.
(d) Food.

Short Answer Questions

1. What season is approaching that has the father worried?

2. Before leaving the house and barn, the father and son collect more _______ before they head back on the road.

3. How many days do the father and son stay in the nice house?

4. What does the son find in his pocket that the father and son share?

5. The day after the father and son make cakes, who approaches the son?

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