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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 vegetable does Ish grow in his garden in Year Two of the Quick Years?
(a) Lettuce.
(b) Rhubarb.
(c) Carrots.
(d) Zucchini.

2. After Ish meets the family in Arkansas, the author talks about the fall of mankind. Who does the writer say will truly be saddened by the death of man?
(a) Any remaining people.
(b) Housepets.
(c) Lice.
(d) Livestock.

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

4. How does Ish first find out about the virus?
(a) A handwritten note on a body.
(b) A newspaper headline.
(c) A crackling radio station.
(d) A thief.

5. In Year Nine, (The Year of the Deaths) what causes almost everyone to
 become ill?
(a) Contaminated water.
(b) A rat infestation.
(c) A visitor.
(d) Rotten food.

Short Answer Questions

1. While Ish is traveling to the east coast, he kills an animal, eating its liver afterward. What kind of animal does Ish kill?

2. In the beginning, how does Ish go about finding other people?

3. While driving back home after his cross-country trip, what animals does Ish notice have disappeared?

4. Why do Em and Ish decide to keep Princess in the house during the infestation?

5. While scavenging for food in his hometown, what item of food does Ish find to be inedible because of mice and weevils?

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