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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part 2: Chapters 6 - 7.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. After Ish and Em come together, something happens that makes Ish panic, but Em turns it into a game. What happens?
(a) Em trips and hurts herself.
(b) Ish loses his watch.
(c) Princess disappears.
(d) The car won't start.

2. While living alone, what book does Ish begin reading that makes him uneasy?
(a) The Koran.
(b) Arabian Nights.
(c) Huckleberry Finn.
(d) The Bible.

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

4. How do Ish and Em decide to mark the years?
(a) By marking the object Ish carries with him.
(b) By painting the pole of a streetsign outside their house.
(c) By chiseling into a large rock.
(d) By keeping a diary.

5. Where does Ish drive when he finds out Em is pregnant?
(a) To the library.
(b) Back to Em's old house.
(c) To the hospital.
(d) To an old pharmacy.

Short Answer Questions

1. What type of animal begins to invade the city after Ish and Em find one another?

2. When Ish drives to a certain building after finding out Em is pregnant, 
how does he manage to get inside?

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

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

5. What does Ish become obsessed with doing while the city is being overrun by a certain kind of animal?

(see the answer key)

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