The Run Parts 1 and 2

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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CCSS.RL.7.2

CCSS.RI.8.1

CCSS.RL.7.1

CCSS.RL.8.1

CCSS.RI.7.1

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

• The story begins after the disease has struck and then takes us 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.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.5

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.RI.8.1

CCSS.RL.7.1

CCSS.RL.8.1

CCSS.RI.7.8

CCSS.RI.8.8

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.RI.7.2

CCSS.RI.8.2

CCSS.RL.8.2

CCSS.RI. 9-10.2

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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CCSS.RI.7.4

CCSS.RI.8.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.RL.9-10.4

Where does the second half of this story take place?

• two miles outside a big city

• in and around a gas station

• at a ranch

• deep in the wilderness

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CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.3

CCSS.RL.5.3

What is the main idea of this story?

• A girl named Anna Johnson uses her father's radio kit to ask whether anyone "who's still human" is out there.

• Two young men barely escape a crowd of people rushing toward them.

• Mac enters a gas station and fills plastic bags with trail mix, bottled water, medicine, granola bars, and jars of peanut butter.

• Two young men are trying to survive in a world where almost everyone seems to have gone crazy.

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CCSS.RL.7.2

CCSS.RI.7.2

CCSS.RI.8.2

CCSS.RL.8.2

CCSS.RL.6.2

In the context of this story, what does the phrase "on the run" mean?

• trying to help people

• trying to win a race

• trying to hurry up

• trying to escape or hide

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CCSS.RI.7.4

CCSS.RI.8.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

At the end of part 2, who or what might be inside the store with Mac?

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CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.5