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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 insects invade Ish's home while he is living alone?
(a) Mosquitoes.
(b) Flies.
(c) Bees.
(d) Ants.

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

3. In Year Five, the people create a "national pastime" out of avoiding 
what type of animal?
(a) Lions.
(b) Hyenas.
(c) Dogs.
(d) Bulls.

4. After Ish returns to the drunkard that he met in the city, the man ends up dying. What does Ish do with him ?
(a) Dumps him with the other bodies.
(b) Leaves him where he finds him.
(c) Buries him.
(d) Wraps him in a blanket.

5. What do the older members of the community notice that 
they think "pushes back the darkness" a little?
(a) The sudden arrival of visitors.
(b) The progress in building the village.
(c) The number of years everyone has survived.
(d) The birth of children.

Short Answer Questions

1. In the Quick Years, which new discovery or hobby causes the children to be so delighted 
they name Year Ten after it?

2. What does Em decide to call the First Year?

3. In Year Nine, (The Year of the Deaths) what causes almost everyone to
 become ill?

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?

5. In Year Eleven, Molly is the first person to have this happen to her:

(see the answer key)

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