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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. While scavenging for food in his hometown, what item of food does Ish find to be inedible because of mice and weevils?
(a) Flour.
(b) Fruit.
(c) Sugar.
(d) Salt.

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

3. While driving back home after his cross-country trip, what animals does Ish notice have disappeared?
(a) Cats and dogs.
(b) Deer and elk.
(c) Snakes and other reptiles.
(d) Chickens and ducks.

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?
(a) He has always preferred to do things alone.
(b) He went through survival training in Wyoming.
(c) He was a boy scout.
(d) He is physically stronger than most people.

5. After Ish and Em come together, something happens that makes Ish panic, but Em turns it into a game. What happens?
(a) The car won't start.
(b) Ish loses his watch.
(c) Princess disappears.
(d) Em trips and hurts herself.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why is Ish worried about the couple he stays with in the eastern city?

2. What animal does Ish see running in the highway after the virus strikes?

3. How does Ish find Em?

4. 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?

5. What does Em think of Princess?

(see the answer key)

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