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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through 31-35.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Things are not going well for the father and son -- what are they running out of?
(a) Food.
(b) Clothing.
(c) Water.
(d) Energy.

2. Once the father fills his basket and begins to leave the house, what does he look back and realize is by the house?
(a) A cistern of fresh water.
(b) An abandoned car.
(c) A pile of dead bodies.
(d) A tank of gasoline.

3. What does the old man that the father and son met on the road say to the father before he leaves their camp?
(a) He tells the father that he knows he will die soon.
(b) He tells the father he does not trust him.
(c) He tells the father thanks for his kindness.
(d) He tells the father where to meet him in a few days.

4. After he leaves his son safely sleeping, the father explores a barn -- what does he find in the barn?
(a) A cow and a bag of potatoes.
(b) Bales of hay and corn seeds.
(c) Two goats and a bag of wheat.
(d) A dead body and a basket of peaches.

5. What does the father find inside the barn that he eats?
(a) Peaches.
(b) Wheat.
(c) Corn seeds.
(d) Potatoes.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does the father decide to do about the man who has collapsed on the road?

2. The old man that the father and son meet on the road stays with them for the night -- what do the father and the old man talk about?

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

4. How does the son feel about how his father has treated the man who has collapsed on the road?

5. The morning after sleeping on the road, what do the father and son do because the father is worried about their tracks?

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