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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. 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 tank of gasoline.
(b) A pile of dead bodies.
(c) A cistern of fresh water.
(d) An abandoned car.

2. 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) That snow will keep them strong.
(c) They are not going to die.
(d) They will find food.

3. In Chapter 11, what do the father and son do before returning to the woods?
(a) They rest.
(b) They sit and watch the birds.
(c) They wash themselves.
(d) They talk about their journey so far.

4. What does the father find in a gas station that helps him to know where they are?
(a) A sign.
(b) He recognizes the gas station as one from his childhood.
(c) The address on the gas station's door.
(d) A telephone directory.

5. After coming to the roadblock, why do the father and son stop and stay for the night?
(a) It is too windy.
(b) It is snowing.
(c) It is raining.
(d) They are tired.

Short Answer 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?

2. What do the father and son find in the woods that they eat for dinner?

3. The night after the incident with the man on the road, the father has a dream -- what does he dream about?

4. After leaving their camp, what does the father spy some boys burning?

5. Upon reaching the road, what does the father say about States?

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