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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 9 and 10.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How does Rick climb the fence?
(a) He jumps on the top of the fence from the roof.
(b) With his toes.
(c) He shimmies up an end pole.
(d) Using hooks he has made.

2. Where does Rick hide some food?
(a) Behind a cactus.
(b) Under a tree.
(c) In some rocks.
(d) In the stream.

3. How does Rick get his third ride?
(a) Talking with a girl his age.
(b) Holding a knife on a driver.
(c) Talking to a trucker.
(d) Hiding in a camper.

4. Why does Rick wonder how he is going to leave the desert?
(a) He is afraid of the animals in the desert.
(b) He sees the supply truck leave.
(c) It is too hot to walk.
(d) He does not know the right direction.

5. What dream does Rick have when he sleeps his first night in the desert?
(a) Drowning in the ocean.
(b) About being stuck on an ice berg.
(c) Seeing his mother and father.
(d) His flying dream from childhood.

Short Answer Questions

1. How many foster homes was Rick in his first four years in foster care?

2. Who does Rick tell the driver he is meeting?

3. What does Lon say is one of the dangers to condors?

4. What does Rick find that he considers stealing?

5. What does Rick relate about his dream to the story he is reading?

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