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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. After the father and son flee the woods and find their cart, why is the boy struggling to walk?
(a) He is badly burned.
(b) The snow reaches his knees.
(c) His leg is broken.
(d) He has been shot.

2. The son asks the father if they are going to die -- what is the father's reply?
(a) He tells him not to ask silly questions.
(b) He tells him he does not know if they will live or die.
(c) He tells him no.
(d) He tells him yes.

3. How is the weather when the father and son reach the city?
(a) It's sunny.
(b) It's snowing.
(c) It's raining.
(d) It's windy.

4. What does the son think is close by the barn?
(a) Peaches.
(b) Potatoes.
(c) Corn.
(d) Apples.

5. What are the father and son trying so hard to find at the supermarket?
(a) A can of soup.
(b) A pair of shoes.
(c) A loaf of bread.
(d) A new cart.

Short Answer Questions

1. At the end of Chapter 9, what does the father claim about the men of the world?

2. Along the road, the father and son spy a group of people climbing out of a truck -- what are the people wearing?

3. The father and son come to a stone wall -- what is hanging from the wall?

4. After leaving the trailer, further along the road, what does the father discover?

5. The day after the father and son make cakes, what happens when the son calls out to the person who approaches him?

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