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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 event occurs during the Year of Woodcarving that has a very
 negative effect on Ish?
(a) Princess dies.
(b) His favorite building burns down.
(c) One of the children mysteriously disappears.
(d) The carpenter is crushed under an uneven house.

2. How many children did Em have before the virus?
(a) One.
(b) Three.
(c) Two.
(d) Four.

3. 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.

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) Murderer.
(b) Stay away.
(c) Looter.
(d) Beware of plague.

5. What does Ish become obsessed with doing while the city is being overrun by a certain kind of animal?
(a) Killing as many of the animals as possible.
(b) Building defenses against the animals.
(c) Calculating how many of this type of animal are in the city.
(d) Domesticating the animals.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why does Ish worry about being with Em at first?

2. How do Ish and Em decide to mark the years?

3. On his way back to town after his illness, what does Ish do when he reaches Johnson's?

4. While scavenging for food in his hometown, what item of food does Ish find to be inedible because of mice and weevils?

5. When Ish stays with the couple that he meets in the eastern city, he finds they will not leave. Why does Ish think they won't leave?

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