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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. When Ish decides to take a cross-country trip, what is the reason he decides to go?
(a) To find his parents.
(b) To find other survivors.
(c) To find a friend he hopes survived.
(d) To find a safer place to live.

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

3. Where does Ish drive when he finds out Em is pregnant?
(a) To the hospital.
(b) To the library.
(c) Back to Em's old house.
(d) To an old pharmacy.

4. While driving through the Mojave desert, why does Ish stop his car in the middle?
(a) His friend wants out.
(b) The car overheats.
(c) He becomes lost.
(d) He feels ill.

5. During the Quick Years, the community tries to start a church. From what "church" does Maurine think Ish gets his ideas?
(a) The Methodist Church.
(b) The Catholic Church.
(c) The Skeptic Church.
(d) The Church of Christ.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. During the Quick Years, one of Ish and Em's earliest children dies. What do the adults think is the cause?

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

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 say Ish can do to help her with childbirth?

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