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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part 2: Chapters 3 - 5.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What event affects the house of Ish's neighbor that Ish refuses to fix?
(a) Ish wrecking his car.
(b) A severe storm.
(c) A clogged drain.
(d) An electrical fire.

2. How do Ish and Em decide to mark the years?
(a) By marking the object Ish carries with him.
(b) By chiseling into a large rock.
(c) By painting the pole of a streetsign outside their house.
(d) By keeping a diary.

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

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?
(a) Size of the city.
(b) Filth.
(c) Quiet.
(d) Destruction.

5. What does Ish become obsessed with doing while the city is being overrun by a certain kind of animal?
(a) Calculating how many of this type of animal are in the city.
(b) Domesticating the animals.
(c) Building defenses against the animals.
(d) Killing as many of the animals as possible.

Short Answer Questions

1. What vegetable does Ish grow in his garden in Year Two of the Quick Years?

2. What can Joey do better than any of the other children?

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

4. After Ish finds out Em is pregnant, what does he use to determine the end of the year?

5. At the beginning of the book, why doesn't Ish know about the virus?

(see the answer key)

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