WorksheetsParts 1-5 "The Run"
Total questions: 12
Worksheet time: 6mins
(Part 1 - “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.
(Part 1 - “The Run”) What is the sequence of events at the beginning of this section?
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.
(Part 1 - “The Run”) 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.
(Part 2 - “Refueling”) 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."
They were running toward Mac and Dennis.
(Part 2 - “Refueling”) 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 the information in the story, why might any decision the young men make be risky?
They do not have much experience driving long distances at night.
They do not know whether they can trust the girl who says her name is Anna Johnson.
They have no map and do not know how to get back to the ranch.
Wherever they go, there is a chance they will come across more "crazed people."
(Part 3 - “Searching for Survivors”) What point of view is this story told from?
first person point of view from Mac
first person point of view from Dennis
second person point of view
third person point of view
(Part 3 - “Searching for Survivors”) 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.
People who get the plague start to behave like pigs.
(Part 4 - “On the Road”) Over the course of the story, Anna’s wound is getting worse. What evidence from the text supports this conclusion?
“…the gash seemed to be intensifying in color. It had deepened into an unnatural shade of purple that almost glowed in the fading daylight.”
“[Anna] winced as the clear gel made contact with the wound, but she didn’t complain.”
“[Mac] hastily covered the cut with the friendlier hues of the bandages. ‘You’re all set,’ he tried to grin.”
“Her eyes were wide with horror as she stared down at the gash on her leg.”
(Part 5 - “Missing) Whose perspective does this story show? Anna's Mac's and Jeremiah's Just Mac's Mac's and Dennis's
Anna's
Mac's and Jeremiah's
Just Mac's
Mac's and Dennis's
(Part 5 - “Missing) Read these sentences from the text. "The footprints looked strangely uneven, and [Mac] felt his stomach drop when he realized that [Anna] must have been dragging her injured leg heavily to make such long, deep marks. He wondered if she was as scared as he was. He began to wonder if people stopped being scared once they turned into zombies..." What conclusion can be drawn based on these sentences?
Mac thinks Anna may have become a zombie.
Mac thinks he can save Anna from other zombies.
Mac thinks Anna is braver than he is.
Mac feels sick when he sees or thinks about injuries.
(Part 5 - “Missing) This section has two climaxes, or points when the tension is at its highest. One climax is when Mac softly calls out "Anna?" by the stream. What is the other climax?
when Dennis wakes up to find Mac and Anna missing
when Mac wakes up to find Anna missing
when Dennis turns on the radio to find a bluegrass song playing
when Dennis and Jeremiah discover Mac and Anna by the stream
(Part 5 - “Missing) What is the main idea of this section?
After waking up in the woods with a bad injury, a girl named Anna runs away to find help.
After waking up in the woods to find their friend missing, three boys worry that their companion has turned into a zombie.
After waking up in the woods, two boys worry that they may be attacked by a crowd of plague-ridden zombies and become infected.
In a truck ride through the woods, a young boy is annoyed that the radio no longer plays anything but bluegrass music.
