2. What does the father find in the nice house that he thinks could be poison?
(a) Tins of food.
(b) Apples.
(c) Water.
(d) Freeze-dried food.

3. What does the father want to do with the food that he and his son find in the nice house?
(a) Cook the food really well.
(b) Throw the food away.
(c) Burn the food in a fire.
(d) Store the food in their cart.

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

5. How does the father get the son to enter the nice house?
(a) He begs the son.
(b) He yells at the son.
(c) He picks up the son and carries him.
(d) He reassures the son.

6. After the father finds his son, who had wandered off while he was asleep, what does the son tell the father he has found?
(a) A car.
(b) A creek.
(c) A train.
(d) A bush with berries.

7. What do the father and son find in the nice house?
(a) A barrel of apples, blankets, and a backpack.
(b) Tins of food, clothes, and a wheelbarrow.
(c) Packets of freeze-dried food, a pillow, and a bike.
(d) Gallons of water, shoes, and a wagon.

8. At the beginning of Chapter 36, how many days has it been since the father and son have eaten?
(a) Five days.
(b) Six days.
(c) Three days.
(d) Two days.

9. After the father and son run from the nice looking house and hide, how many people do they see walking towards the house?
(a) Five.
(b) Six.
(c) Three.
(d) Two.

10. What does the son think is inside the nice house?
(a) A bomb.
(b) A person.
(c) Spiders.
(d) Wild dogs.

11. While on the road, the father and son meet an old man -- what does the son beg his father to give the old man?
(a) Food.
(b) Water.
(c) A coat.
(d) Shoes.

12. The father and son sit in a truck surrounded by billboards -- what does one of the billboards say?
(a) Warns of famine.
(b) Warns of death.
(c) Advertises a cruise line.
(d) Advertises Coke.

13. At the beginning of Chapter 26, where do the father and son sleep?
(a) Under a bridge.
(b) Beside a creek.
(c) In an abandoned house.
(d) In the woods.

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

15. Although they have no food and all they eat is snow, what does the father continue to tell the son?
(a) They are not going to die.
(b) They will find food.
(c) That snow will keep them strong.
(d) That they are almost to safety.