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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. After Ish finds out Em is pregnant, what does he use to determine the end of the year?
(a) A chronograph.
(b) A compass and a watch.
(c) A surveyor's transit.
(d) A dirty calendar.

2. 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) Quiet.
(b) Filth.
(c) Size of the city.
(d) Destruction.

3. In the Quick Years, which new discovery or hobby causes the children to be so delighted 
they name Year Ten after it?
(a) Fishing.
(b) Kite-flying.
(c) Racing.
(d) Baseball.

4. While Ish is traveling to the east coast, he kills an animal, eating its liver afterward. What kind of animal does Ish kill?
(a) Goat.
(b) Dog.
(c) Llama.
(d) Calf.

5. What insects invade Ish's home while he is living alone?
(a) Mosquitoes.
(b) Ants.
(c) Flies.
(d) Bees.

6. On his trip back to his hometown from the east coast, Ish has to drive a long way around something. What causes Ish to detour?
(a) A broken bridge.
(b) Massive wildfires.
(c) A flooded road.
(d) A man with a rifle.

7. 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.

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

9. What can Joey do better than any of the other children?
(a) Read.
(b) Fight.
(c) Draw.
(d) Run.

10. What does Em decide to call the First Year?
(a) Year of the drought.
(b) Year of the ox.
(c) Year of the baby.
(d) Year of plenty.

11. What does Ish find when he arrives home after his trip to the east coast?
(a) Someone has been in his home.
(b) His note is untouched.
(c) His door is broken.
(d) His parents left him a note.

12. In Year Nine, (The Year of the Deaths) what causes almost everyone to
 become ill?
(a) A visitor.
(b) A rat infestation.
(c) Contaminated water.
(d) Rotten food.

13. While scavenging for food in his hometown, what item of food does Ish find to be inedible because of mice and weevils?
(a) Flour.
(b) Fruit.
(c) Salt.
(d) Sugar.

14. What animal do the children see for the first time in Year Nineteen?
(a) A mountain lion.
(b) A deer.
(c) A fox.
(d) An elk.

15. What is the name of the city where Ish ends his trip to the east?
(a) Atlanta.
(b) New York.
(c) Pittsburgh.
(d) Chicago.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Em say Ish can do to help her with childbirth?

2. What event affects the house of Ish's neighbor that Ish refuses to fix?

3. How does Em demonstrate to Ish that children are necessary?

4. During the Quick Years, the community tries to start a church. From what "church" does Maurine think Ish gets his ideas?

5. What does Ish start carrying with him for protection after meeting a pack of dogs in his hometown?

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