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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through 41-End.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. While on the road, the father and son meet an old man -- what does the son beg his father to give the old man?
(a) A coat.
(b) Food.
(c) Water.
(d) Shoes.

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

3. After the son asks the father if he is dying, they stop to rest and set up camp -- how many days do they stay in this same spot?
(a) Five days.
(b) Three days.
(c) Seven days.
(d) Two days.

4. The father and son comb the beach -- what do they find?
(a) A pile of human bodies.
(b) Bones of dead dogs.
(c) Bones of dead fish and cattle.
(d) An old man.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. How does the weather change once the father and son leave the house and barn and are back on the road?

2. After he leaves his son safely sleeping, the father explores a barn -- what does he find in the barn?

3. The father sees a house and decides to explore it while his son sleeps -- what does he leave beside the boy?

4. In Chapter 11, what do the father and son do before returning to the woods?

5. The father wakes from a dream and claims dreaming is not good -- what was he dreaming about?

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