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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through The Quick Years.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. During Ish's trip to the east, he meets a small family in Arkansas. What are they doing?
(a) Raising animals and crops.
(b) Building a house.
(c) Trying to start a car.
(d) Traveling toward the coast.

2. Why does Em move to Ish's house?
(a) He has a greater supply of food.
(b) Her house is too small for all of them.
(c) He lives in a safer area of the city.
(d) He doesn't want to move his books.

3. When Ish decides to take a cross-country trip, what is the reason he decides to go?
(a) To find other survivors.
(b) To find a safer place to live.
(c) To find a friend he hopes survived.
(d) To find his parents.

4. When Ish arrives in a certain city in the east, ending his trip to that side of the country, what impresses him the most about the city?
(a) Destruction.
(b) Filth.
(c) Size of the city.
(d) Quiet.

5. While Ish is alone in his house and pondering civilization, what does he decide he will never be?
(a) A murderer.
(b) A god.
(c) A survivor.
(d) A leader.

Short Answer Questions

1. While exploring the city, Ish meets a drunkard. What is the man's name?

2. While cruising through town, what does Ish see on the flashing neon sign that he equates to the progress and downfall of civilization?

3. What natural disaster occurs in Year Twenty?

4. During the Quick Years, one of Ish and Em's earliest children dies. What do the adults think is the cause?

5. After Ish finds out Em is pregnant, what does he use to determine the end of the year?

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