The Run

What news do Dennis and Mac hear on the radio while at the ranch? 

• There is a cattle farm that hires young men to work over the summer. 
• Thousands of people are running as fast as they can across the country.
• There is a bad disease spreading among people. 
• Food is getting moldy on dinner plates because people are not staying at home

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 What is the sequence of events at the beginning of this story? 

• The story begins after the disease has struck and then takes the reader back in time to a point before the disease. 
• The story begins before the disease has struck and then takes the reader forward in time to a point after the disease has ended. 
• The story begins as the disease is striking and then takes the reader back in time to a point before the disease. 
• The story begins as the disease is striking and then takes the reader two years into the future. 

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 The Muskrat says that the disease is “real bad.” What evidence in the story supports his statement? 

• T.J. wants to go into town even though The Muskrat has advised people to stay in their homes. 
• After The Muskrat warns people about the disease, an old Earl Scruggs song comes on the radio. 
• The Greersons tell the boys not to worry, saying that the disease will end soon. 
• The disease is very contagious, and doctors have not been able to figure out a cure. 

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Why do Dennis and Mac decide to drive to the nearest big city? 

• They want to find a person
• B They are running out of food and need more. 
• They see thousands of people running.
• They both like being outdoors. 

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What is this story mainly about? 

• a married couple who own a ranch, the young men they hire to work for them one summer, and the music they listen to together 
• two young men, a mysterious disease, and what happens when they go out to explore after the disease hits
• a radio DJ, the music he likes to play, and the effect that his song choices have on the people who listen to them 
• a long line of people running through a flat piece of pastureland and what happens when two young men see them 

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 Read the following sentence: “More and more people were getting sick. The symptoms were strange. People would become violently ill, then fall into a long, deep sleep.” What does the word “symptoms” mean?

• fears of getting sick 
• signs of a disease 
• serious injuries 
• suggestions that doctors give to patients 

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Choose the answer that best completes the sentence below. Dennis and Mac are frightened after leaving the ranch ________ the towns and cities they visit have no people in them. 

• although 
• as a result 
• because 
• however 

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