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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Although they have no food and all they eat is snow, what does the father continue to tell the son?
(a) That they are almost to safety.
(b) They are not going to die.
(c) That snow will keep them strong.
(d) They will find food.

2. Just when the father is thinking of leaving the cart he sees their destination -- what does he name it?
(a) The Gap.
(b) The Hallow.
(c) The Point.
(d) The Valley.

3. What does the father wonder after seeing his son's reaction to finding the hidden cellar?
(a) How his son can cry so easily.
(b) How much more the son can take.
(c) Why the son is so excited.
(d) Why the son runs away.

4. What is the first location that the father and son walk to in Chapter 1?
(a) An abandoned gas station.
(b) An abandoned hospital.
(c) An abandoned grocery store.
(d) An abandoned hotel.

5. After passing the boys with the fire, the father and son think someone is following them so they decide to hide -- who do they see walk past?
(a) Two boys and a dog.
(b) One man and two pregnant women.
(c) Two men, a woman, and a baby.
(d) Three men and a pregnant woman.

Short Answer Questions

1. Things are not going well for the father and son -- what are they running out of?

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

3. After leaving the barn, the father explores the house -- what does he find inside the house that's useful?

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

5. While on the beach, why does the father need to warm the son up with a fire and food?

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