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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part 2: Chapters 8 - 11.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. When pondering about mankind, Ish comes up with a definition for them. What definition does he use?
(a) The ravenous animal.
(b) The noise-producing animal.
(c) The diseased animal.
(d) The world-killing animal.

2. While exploring the city, Ish meets a drunkard. What is the man's name?
(a) Barlow.
(b) Asher.
(c) Ben.
(d) Robert.

3. 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.

4. 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) Destruction.
(c) Filth.
(d) Size of the city.

5. In Year Sixteen, what do Mary and Ralph decide to do?
(a) Start a new village.
(b) Get married.
(c) Run away from home.
(d) Go look for other people.

Short Answer Questions

1. After Ish meets the family in Arkansas, the author talks about the fall of mankind. Who does the writer say will truly be saddened by the death of man?

2. In Year Nine, (The Year of the Deaths) what causes almost everyone to
 become ill?

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

4. While Ish is traveling to the east coast, he kills an animal, eating its liver afterward. What kind of animal does Ish kill?

5. In the Quick Years, which new discovery or hobby causes the children to be so delighted 
they name Year Ten after it?

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