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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through 6-10.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does the father do to the son after they come upon the thing in the doorway?
(a) Reassures the son.
(b) Pushes the son out of the way.
(c) Yells at the son to look away.
(d) Yells at the son to run.

2. How does the father recognize their destination?
(a) He knows it from his wife's description.
(b) He knows it from when he was a boy.
(c) He has a feeling that it is the right place.
(d) He knows it from his father's description.

3. What house do the father and son go to after leaving the supermarket?
(a) The house where the son was born.
(b) The house where the father grew up.
(c) The house of the father's best friend.
(d) The house where the son's mother grew up.

4. Near the edge of a city, the father and son come to a house -- what does the father find inside the house?
(a) Shoes.
(b) Blankets.
(c) Coats.
(d) Food.

5. At the end of Chapter 8, what does the father cough up?
(a) Phlegm.
(b) Mucous.
(c) Food.
(d) Blood.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. After leaving the supermarket, how does the son feel about following the father into the house?

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

4. What does the father find at the supermarket that he gives to the son?

5. What do the father and son discover in a doorway?

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