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

2. What natural disaster occurs in Year Twenty?
(a) A fire.
(b) A flood.
(c) A landslide.
(d) An earthquake.

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

4. When Ish decides to drive over the bridge, what sight prevents him from going to the other city?
(a) A fallen road sign.
(b) A massive fire.
(c) A pile of bodies.
(d) An empty car

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

Short Answer Questions

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

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

3. Who does Ish meet when he is loading up his station wagon for his cross-country trip?

4. What does Ish find when he arrives home after his trip to the east coast?

5. At one point, Ish considers suicide, but there is one particular reason he decides not to kill himself. What gives Ish the will to live?

(see the answer key)

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