The Run 3, 4

To make known or send out; to broadcast

• exposure

• contagious

• transmitting

• plague

A large group or crowd, especially one on the move

• horde

• zombies

• audience

• minions

Materials kept for use as needed

• survival kit

• first-aid kit

• supplies

• food storage

Very excited by worry or fear; frenzied

• awestruck

• plague

• frantic

• rural

Having to do with country life

• urban

• rural

• homesteading

• widespread

Anything that is sent over television or radio

• broadcast

• contagious

• announcements

• exposure

Able to be passed easily from one person to another.

• transmitting

• broadcast

• prescription

• contagious

"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 start to behave like pigs.

• All people with dirty hair and ripped, dirty clothes are zombies.

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

• Only men can get the plague.

"Mac decided not to voice his fears about Anna’s cut. He would wait until tomorrow, when he could get a moment alone with Dennis. He didn’t want to scare Anna or Jeremiah further."

What might Mac fear about Anna’s cut?

• Anna's cut will get infected and, with no doctors around, she may die.

• Anna's leg will have to be cut off, but neither Dennis not Mac is a surgeon.

• They fear that she might be faking an injury to trick them and rob them of their truck.

• The fear she may have contracted the plague.

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."

What MOOD is imparted by the text?

• excitement

• suspense

• passionate love

• humorous