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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part 1: Chapters 6 - 8.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. After Ish finds out Em is pregnant, what does he use to determine the end of the year?
(a) A surveyor's transit.
(b) A chronograph.
(c) A compass and a watch.
(d) A dirty calendar.

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

4. What does Ish notice is peculiar about one of the towns he visits on his drive home from Black Creek?
(a) His car is making a strange noise.
(b) All the people are gone.
(c) An unfriendly, dirty man is yellilng at him.
(d) People are hiding in the courthouse.

5. What is the name of the city where Ish ends his trip to the east?
(a) Chicago.
(b) Atlanta.
(c) Pittsburgh.
(d) New York.

Short Answer Questions

1. How does Ish find Em?

2. What does Ish become obsessed with doing while the city is being overrun by a certain kind of animal?

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. 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?

5. Why does Em move to Ish's house?

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