I actually had to read this during the summer of my Sophomore year and now I am about to graduate High School, so I know this story very well actually. The answer is yes they did go into the wilderness for the same reason. They pretty much followed the same trail and everything, so both of their trips were parallel to each other.
A rock that had magnetic pulses to make things pulverize towards it.
Setting up quoted passages does NOT include allowing the passge to speak for itself; the author much mention either the purpose of the passage, or follow it with some kind of interpretation and analysis of the contents of the passage.
My super hero will speed running abilities.
With this i can time travel and travel the world.
I got my powers by getting struck by lighting and woke up with the power to run fast.
