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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why is Ish worried about the couple he stays with in the eastern city?
(a) There is a dangerous gang nearby.
(b) They don't know how to defend themselves.
(c) Their water supply is low.
(d) A harsh winter is coming.

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

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

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

5. Why does Ish think the books in the library are important?
(a) They may need to burn them for fuel during winter.
(b) Reading and arithmetic will help the children survive the elements.
(c) He wants to learn from the mistakes of history.
(d) People will use them to rebuild civilization.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What is the name of Ish and Em's second child?

3. What does Em think of Princess?

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

5. When Ish stays with the couple that he meets in the eastern city, he finds they will not leave. Why does Ish think they won't leave?

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