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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. During the Quick Years, one of Ish and Em's earliest children dies. What do the adults think is the cause?
(a) He ate rat poison.
(b) He hurt his head in a fall.
(c) He was born with a weak heart.
(d) He caught pneumonia.

2. How does Ish find Em?
(a) Following her through the streets.
(b) Following a light.
(c) Following a map.
(d) Following a handwritten sign on a post.

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

4. What animal does Ish see running in the highway after the virus strikes?
(a) A goat.
(b) A horse.
(c) A coyote.
(d) A mountain lion.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. How does Em demonstrate to Ish that children are necessary?

2. When Ish drives to a certain building after finding out Em is pregnant, 
how does he manage to get inside?

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

4. During the Quick Years, the community tries to start a church. From what "church" does Maurine think Ish gets his ideas?

5. How do Ish and Em decide to mark the years?

(see the answer key)

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