Section 8 Page 90-105 q 6

I'm not sure. I believe the boy feels the impending doom of death, but he asks his father point blank, and his father tells him they will not die. I believe the boy would have taken his father at his word..... they have honesty between them.... and their honesty cannot be broken.

The boy believes they have around 6 months left to live which is shown when he is talking to his father by the fireplace