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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through 16-20.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How does the father recognize their destination?
(a) He knows it from his father'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 wife's description.

2. While trying to shelter themselves from the rain, what does the father talk to the son about for a long period of time?
(a) The impenetrable rain.
(b) The impenetrable blackness.
(c) The impenetrable future.
(d) The impenetrable sunshine.

3. In the morning after finding the city, why does the father step away from the son before he wakes?
(a) The father is looking for water.
(b) The father does not want the son to hear him coughing.
(c) The father is crying and does not want the son to hear.
(d) The father is looking for food.

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

5. When did the father's wife shoot herself?
(a) When the son was two.
(b) When the son was born.
(c) After they had gotten in a fight.
(d) Right before they started their road trip.

Short Answer Questions

1. What do the father and son have to get through or it could mean their death?

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

3. The night after the incident with the man on the road, the father has a dream -- what does he dream about?

4. How is the weather when the father and son reach the city?

5. What does the father fix to the cart to keep the limbs away as they move down the road?

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