The Run Series Quiz

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.

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CCSS.RL.9-10.2

CCSS.RI. 9-10.2

CCSS.RI.8.2

CCSS.RL.11-12.2

CCSS.RL.8.2

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.

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CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.3

CCSS.RL.11-12.5

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.5

Read these sentences from the text.

Were those zombies?' asked Mac.'I don’t know,' said Dennis. 'Whatever they were, they didn’t seem completely human.'

What evidence from the story supports the idea that the people Mac and Dennis saw were not "completely human"?

• There were a lot of them.

• They were "only twenty feet away" from Mac and Dennis.

• They were "crazed" and had "wild eyes."

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CCSS.RI.8.1

CCSS.RL.8.1

CCSS.RL.9-10.1

CCSS.RI.7.1

CCSS.RI.8.8

Read these sentences from the text.

The young men talked over their next move as they drove. Big cities seemed dangerous, but the small towns were abandoned. Should they head back to the ranch? Go deeper into the wilderness? Or try to find other survivors who were also on the run? There was no easy answer. No matter what decision they made, it would be risky.

Based on these sentences, what does the phrase "on the run" mean?

• trying to help people

• trying to escape or hide

• trying to hurry up

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CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.RL.9-10.4

CCSS.RI.7.4

CCSS.RI.8.4

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

Read these sentences from the text.

"Mac was at the counter. When Dennis walked in, Mac pointed to the back of the store. The door of the men’s bathroom was slowly creaking open. Just then the door swung wide, and a man appeared. The man’s hair was matted and disheveled. His clothes were ripped and dirty. Parts of his skin were covered in deep purple and black marks. Even from the door, Dennis could detect the man’s stench. He smelled like the fermented slop that they fed to pigs on the ranch. It was obvious that the plague had gotten this man."

Based on this evidence, what can you conclude about people who get the plague?

• People who get the plague have to go to the bathroom more often than people who do not have the plague.

• People who get the plague have short hair, wear long pants, and use a lot of deodorant.

• People who get the plague develop purple and black marks and become smelly.

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CCSS.RI.8.1

CCSS.RL.8.1

CCSS.RL.9-10.1

CCSS.RI.9-10.1

CCSS.RI.11-12.2

Why might Dennis have thrown cans at the man running toward him and Mac?

• Dennis thought the man was harmless and wanted to tease him by throwing cans at him.

• Dennis thought the man was dangerous and wanted to protect himself and Mac.

• Dennis thought the man was hungry and wanted to provide him with cans of soup.

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CCSS.RI.8.1

CCSS.RL.8.1

CCSS.RL.9-10.1

CCSS.RI.9-10.1

CCSS.RL.11-12.1

What injury did Anna have?

• a gash on her leg

• a cut on her forehead

• a sprained wrist

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CCSS.RI.8.1

CCSS.RL.8.1

CCSS.RL.9-10.2

CCSS.RI. 9-10.1

CCSS.RL.7.2

Anna asks Mac if he thinks she’s going to become “one of them”. Who might she mean by “them”?

• doctors and nurses

• Dennis and Jeremiah

• the zombies

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CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.2.6

Read these sentences from the text.

"Mac paused. If the figure was Anna, he didn’t want to startle her. But if it was a zombie--or worse, a zombified Anna--he didn’t want to get within arm’s reach. He checked his shoelaces to make sure they were tied and braced himself to run away if necessary.

“Anna?” he called softly.

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Dennis awoke with a start. It took him a moment to figure out where he was and why he was sleeping on a pile of dirty tarps."

Why might the author have switched to Dennis's perspective at this point in the story?

• to confuse the reader about the setting of the story

• to leave the reader in suspense about what happens with Mac and Anna

• to show the reader how Mac and Dennis have very different personality traits

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CCSS.RL.9-10.3

CCSS.RL.11-12.3

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.6

CCSS.RL.8.6

Who went missing in the story?

• Dennis

• Anna

• Jeremiah

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CCSS.RL.2.10

CCSS.RL.2.2

CCSS.RL.2.3

CCSS.RL.4.3

CCSS.RL.4.4