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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part 2: Chapters 1 - 2.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is the name of Ish and Em's second child?
(a) John.
(b) Robert.
(c) Josey.
(d) Mary.

2. How does Ish first find out about the virus?
(a) A newspaper headline.
(b) A thief.
(c) A handwritten note on a body.
(d) A crackling radio station.

3. When Ish is alone in the cabin, what disturbs him?
(a) An explosion in the valley.
(b) Wild dogs fighting outside at night.
(c) Two men coming inside.
(d) A strong wind rocking the house.

4. While exploring the city, Ish finds a body hanging from a telephone pole. What does the sign say that is attached to the body?
(a) Looter.
(b) Stay away.
(c) Murderer.
(d) Beware of plague.

5. What does Ish notice is peculiar about one of the towns he visits on his drive home from Black Creek?
(a) People are hiding in the courthouse.
(b) All the people are gone.
(c) An unfriendly, dirty man is yellilng at him.
(d) His car is making a strange noise.

Short Answer Questions

1. When Ish decides to take a cross-country trip, what is the reason he decides to go?

2. What animal does Ish see running in the highway after the virus strikes?

3. While Ish is traveling to the east coast, he kills an animal, eating its liver afterward. What kind of animal does Ish kill?

4. At the end of Chapter Two, Ish makes a list of the reasons he will survive better than many of the people he meets. Why does Ish believe he is better prepared to survive?

5. In Year Eleven, Molly is the first person to have this happen to her:

(see the answer key)

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