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

2. What animal do the children see for the first time in Year Nineteen?
(a) A fox.
(b) A mountain lion.
(c) A deer.
(d) An elk.

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) Filth.
(b) Quiet.
(c) Destruction.
(d) Size of the city.

4. In Year Five, the people create a "national pastime" out of avoiding 
what type of animal?
(a) Dogs.
(b) Hyenas.
(c) Bulls.
(d) Lions.

5. How does Ish find Em?
(a) Following a handwritten sign on a post.
(b) Following a map.
(c) Following a light.
(d) Following her through the streets.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. On his trip back to his hometown from the east coast, Ish has to drive a long way around something. What causes Ish to detour?

3. While Ish is alone in his house and pondering civilization, what does he decide he will never be?

4. Why is Ish worried about the couple he stays with in the eastern city?

5. How does Ish first find out about the virus?

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