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

2. What do the older members of the community notice that 
they think "pushes back the darkness" a little?
(a) The birth of children.
(b) The number of years everyone has survived.
(c) The progress in building the village.
(d) The sudden arrival of visitors.

3. How does Ish first find out about the virus?
(a) A newspaper headline.
(b) A handwritten note on a body.
(c) A thief.
(d) A crackling radio station.

4. In Year Eleven, Molly is the first person to have this happen to her:
(a) Has a tooth removed.
(b) Has a child die at birth.
(c) Goes through menopause.
(d) Has several gray hairs.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What natural disaster occurs in Year Twenty?

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

3. After Ish returns to the drunkard that he met in the city, the man ends up dying. What does Ish do with him ?

4. When Ish heads to the east coast, what does he attach to the back of his car?

5. After Ish and Em come together, something happens that makes Ish panic, but Em turns it into a game. What happens?

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