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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through The Quick Years.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What can Joey do better than any of the other children?
(a) Read.
(b) Run.
(c) Fight.
(d) Draw.

2. What type of animal begins to invade the city after Ish and Em find one another?
(a) Feral cats.
(b) Birds.
(c) Wild dogs.
(d) Rats.

3. 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) Building a house.
(c) Raising animals and crops.
(d) Traveling toward the coast.

4. 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?
(a) A broken bridge.
(b) A flooded road.
(c) Massive wildfires.
(d) A man with a rifle.

5. Where does Ish drive when he finds out Em is pregnant?
(a) To the library.
(b) To an old pharmacy.
(c) To the hospital.
(d) Back to Em's old house.

Short Answer Questions

1. After Ish finds out Em is pregnant, what does he use to determine the end of the year?

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

3. What event affects the house of Ish's neighbor that Ish refuses to fix?

4. During the Quick Years, one of Ish and Em's earliest children dies. What do the adults think is the cause?

5. How many children did Em have before the virus?

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