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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 does Em say Ish can do to help her with childbirth?
(a) Find medicine.
(b) Stay away.
(c) Provide hot water and clean sheets.
(d) Read books about it.

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

3. Who does Ish meet when he is loading up his station wagon for his cross-country trip?
(a) A woman who asks to accompany him.
(b) An angry crowd.
(c) A dog.
(d) A crazy man.

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

5. How does Em demonstrate to Ish that children are necessary?
(a) She shows him how hard it is to work the garden alone.
(b) She lights a match and blows it out.
(c) She digs the roots out of a rose bush.
(d) She shows him old pictures of her family.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Out of all the people Ish finds at first, which of these is the most friendly?

3. 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?

4. What animal does Ish see in his neighbor's yard that doesn't seem to belong there?

5. Who rescued Evie when she was living alone?

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