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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. The father sees a house and decides to explore it while his son sleeps -- what does he leave beside the boy?
(a) A warm fire.
(b) A pistol.
(c) A jug of water.
(d) A plate of food.

2. What type of games do the father and son play?
(a) Board games.
(b) Hide and seek.
(c) Cards.
(d) Charades.

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

4. Along the road, the father and son spy a group of people climbing out of a truck -- what are the people wearing?
(a) Fur coats.
(b) Camouflage.
(c) Helmets.
(d) Gas masks.

5. What do the father and son discover in a doorway?
(a) A small child crying.
(b) A dead, dried-up body.
(c) A gun.
(d) A starving dog.

Short Answer Questions

1. After leaving the hidden cellar and stopping for the night, the son asks the father a question -- how does the father answer?

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

3. What are the father and son running out of as they travel?

4. After they leave the men on the road, why does the son ask the father if he is dying?

5. As it becomes increasingly cold, what does the father begin to wonder?

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