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.

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CCSS.RL.7.4

CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.RL.6.4

CCSS.RL.9-10.4

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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CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.3

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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CCSS.RL.7.2

CCSS.RI.7.1

CCSS.RI.8.1

CCSS.RL.7.1

CCSS.RL.8.1

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.

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CCSS.RL.7.2

CCSS.RL.8.2

CCSS.RI.7.2

CCSS.RI.8.2

CCSS.RL.9-10.2

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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CCSS.RL.7.2

CCSS.RL.8.2

CCSS.RL.6.2

CCSS.RL.9-10.2

CCSS.RI. 9-10.9

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

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CCSS.RL.7.4

CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.RI.7.4

CCSS.RI.8.4

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

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

• although
• as a result
• because
• however

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CCSS.RI.7.1

CCSS.RI.8.1

CCSS.RL.7.1

CCSS.RL.8.1

CCSS.RI.8.8

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

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CCSS.RI.2.1

CCSS.RI.3.1

CCSS.RL.1.1

CCSS.RL.2.1

CCSS.RL.3.1

What injury does Anna have?

• A sprained wrist

• A gash on her leg

• A cut on her forehead

• A broken ankle

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CCSS.RL.7.2

CCSS.RI.7.1

CCSS.RI.8.1

CCSS.RL.7.1

CCSS.RL.8.1

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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CCSS.RL.2.10

CCSS.RL.2.2

CCSS.RL.2.3

CCSS.RL.4.3

CCSS.RL.4.4