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

2. After leaving the cart in a parking lot, where do the father and son walk to?
(a) A park.
(b) A grocery store.
(c) A bridge.
(d) A waterfall.

3. How does the son feel about how his father has treated the man who has collapsed on the road?
(a) He is happy.
(b) He is angry.
(c) He is relieved.
(d) He is dismayed.

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

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 men, a woman, and a baby.
(b) One man and two pregnant women.
(c) Three men and a pregnant woman.
(d) Two boys and a dog.

Short Answer Questions

1. After spying on the people walking by, further down the road the father and son see a fire and smell food -- what do the they find cooking on the fire?

2. What happens to the son when the man reaches their hiding spot?

3. Why does the father decide to camp on the road?

4. The next town the father and son come to they find a nice looking house -- what do they find inside a locked pantry?

5. While the father has another coughing fit, what does he think about?

(see the answer key)

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