The Run
What news do Dennis and Mac hear on the radio while at the ranch?
There is a bad disease spreading among people
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 Muskrat says that the disease is “real bad.”What evidence in the story supports his statement?
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.
What is this story mainly about?
two young men, a mysterious disease, and what happens when they go out to explore after the disease hits
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?
signs of a disease
Choose the answer that best completes the sentence below. Dennis and Mac are frightened after leaving the ranch ________ the towns and cities they visit have no people in them.
because
What happens to people when they get sick with the disease described in the story?
People become violently ill and fall into a long, deep sleep.
What are the people Dennis and Mac see at the end of the story doing?
The people Dennis and Mac see are running as fast as they can.
What is the connection between the disease and the people Dennis and Mac see at the end of the story?
1.People have disappeared from their homes since the disease began and the disease has something to do with this disappearance.
2.The thousands of people running account for those who are missing.