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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. Despite his son's protests, what does the father do to the son after the person approaches him in the inhabited village?
(a) The father asks the other person to join them on their journey.
(b) The father drags his son out of the village.
(c) The father shoots the other person.
(d) The father starts yelling at the other person.

3. What does the father do when one of the men they are spying on walks toward their hiding place?
(a) The father pulls out a knife.
(b) The father gets ready to jump on the man.
(c) The father tells the son to run.
(d) The father pulls out a gun.

4. As the son becomes even colder, what does he ask his father about again?
(a) If they are dying.
(b) For more food.
(c) For a better coat.
(d) If they can build a bigger fire.

5. What do the father and son find that they use to make cakes?
(a) Oatmeal.
(b) Sugar.
(c) Flour.
(d) Cornmeal.

Short Answer Questions

1. The father and son eventually find somewhere dry to sleep in the woods, but what wakes them up in the middle of the night and causes them to run?

2. What do the father and the son find in a smokehouse?

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

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

5. Near the edge of a city, the father and son come to a house -- what does the father find inside the house?

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