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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through 36-40.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. 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 where to meet him in a few days.
(b) He tells the father thanks for his kindness.
(c) He tells the father he does not trust him.
(d) He tells the father that he knows he will die soon.

2. How many days do the father and son stay in the nice house?
(a) Seven days.
(b) Two days.
(c) Four days.
(d) Three days.

3. What do the father and son discover in a doorway?
(a) A starving dog.
(b) A gun.
(c) A dead, dried-up body.
(d) A small child crying.

4. What does the boy find when they take things from the cart?
(a) Toys.
(b) A basketball.
(c) An old pair of shoes.
(d) His mother's necklace.

5. The morning after sleeping on the road, what do the father and son do because the father is worried about their tracks?
(a) They wash away their tracks with water.
(b) They create false tracks.
(c) They wipe away their tracks with their hands.
(d) They cover their tracks with snow.

Short Answer Questions

1. What do the father and child use to carry their possessions?

2. The father has a hard time remembering how to play the games -- what does he do?

3. Just when the father is thinking of leaving the cart he sees their destination -- what does he name it?

4. The father and son comb the beach -- what do they find?

5. How does the son feel about his father going in the ocean?

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