The Run Series

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.
  
• 1000 people are running as fast as they can cross country.
• There is a bad disease spreading among people.
• Food is getting moldy b/c people are not staying at home.

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.

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.

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

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

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

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
• sugguestions that doctors give to patients

Dennis/Mac are scared after leaving the ranch _______the towns/cities they visit have no people.

• although
• as a result
• because
• however

What happens to people when they get sick with the disease described in the story?

• People die
• People become violent
• People become violently ill and fall into a long, deep sleep
• People fall asleep until they see the living

What injury does Anna have?

• A sprained wrist

• A gash on her leg

• A cut on her forehead

• A broken ankle

The climax of a story is the most exciting point in a story. What is the climax of this story?

• The boys' conversation about whether Anna will be okay.

• Anna's disappearance from the camp.

• Mac cleaning and dressing Anna's wound.

• Mac deciding not to voice his fears about Anna's cut.

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