2. Who gives the Squinting Boy half his/her portion of food?
(a) The Doctor
(b) The Man with the Eye-Patch
(c) The Girl with Dark Glasses
(d) The Doctor's Wife

3. Who constantly tries to convince the Girl with Dark Glasses to sleep with him?
(a) The Chronicler
(b) The First Man
(c) The Pharmacist's Assistant
(d) The Doctor

4. Which of the following social niceties has not disappeared from society in this chapter?
(a) Monogamy
(b) Private defecation
(c) Private property
(d) Clothing

5. How does the Thug's guard keep watch?
(a) He waves a stick back and forth, feeling for intruders
(b) He clicks his tongue and listens for the echo
(c) He has built a barricade of trash, beds, and feces
(d) He holds the gun and fires a shot if he hear something

6. Who in the first ward defends the anonymous person who killed the Leader of the Thugs?
(a) The Girl with Dark Glasses
(b) The Man with the Eye Patch
(c) The First Man
(d) The Doctor

7. Which ailment is not mentioned among those prevalent in quarantine?
(a) Chronic diarrhea
(b) Cancer
(c) Tuberculosis
(d) Influenza

8. What is the first thing the women of the first ward do with the body of their fallen comrade after they return?
(a) They wash her
(b) They wrap her in a sheet
(c) They tell the men to bury her
(d) They bury her immediately

9. What does a blind person grab from the Doctor's Wife as she runs from the grocery?
(a) Her shoe
(b) Her bag of groceries
(c) Her shirt
(d) A clump of her hair

10. Which of the following is not a threat that the Thugs make against the Doctor's Wife?
(a) They will cut off all food deliveries
(b) They will kill her if they hear her voice
(c) They will kill evey member of the first ward who enters the hall
(d) They will set the first ward on fire

11. What does each member of the sieging group carry with her?
(a) A metal rod
(b) A rock
(c) A blade of glass
(d) A heavy stick

12. Which two characters in the first ward collect and deliver the valuables?
(a) The First Man and the Doctor
(b) The First Man and the Nurse
(c) The Doctor and the Doctor's Wife
(d) The Doctor's Wife and the First Man

13. Who cannot walk with her own strength after the gang-rape by the Thugs?
(a) The Chambermaid
(b) The Old Woman with Insomnia
(c) The Girl with Dark Glasses
(d) The First Man's Wife

14. Why is the Gaunt Old Woman's body particularly light?
(a) She is half-eaten by animals
(b) She has lost a lot of water in the sun
(c) She did not eat in her last week of life
(d) She has decomposed substantially

15. What does the Girl with Dark Glasses leave on her parents' door to alert them that she's alive?
(a) Her picture of them
(b) Her necklace
(c) A lock of hair
(d) A note dictated to the Doctor's Wife