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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 is the name of Ish and Em's second child?
(a) John.
(b) Josey.
(c) Robert.
(d) Mary.

2. At the end of Chapter Two, Ish makes a list of the reasons he will survive better than many of the people he meets. Why does Ish believe he is better prepared to survive?
(a) He went through survival training in Wyoming.
(b) He has always preferred to do things alone.
(c) He is physically stronger than most people.
(d) He was a boy scout.

3. Who does Ish meet when he is loading up his station wagon for his cross-country trip?
(a) A woman who asks to accompany him.
(b) An angry crowd.
(c) A dog.
(d) A crazy man.

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

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?
(a) The fear of death.
(b) The books he reads.
(c) Being an observer.
(d) Curiosity about his parents.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Ish notice is peculiar about one of the towns he visits on his drive home from Black Creek?

2. What instrument does Ish play in the "Year We Sang"?

3. Out of all the people Ish finds at first, which of these is the most friendly?

4. While living alone, what book does Ish begin reading that makes him uneasy?

5. What animal does Ish see in his neighbor's yard that doesn't seem to belong there?

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