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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part 3: Chapters 1 - 3.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What type of animal begins to invade the city after Ish and Em find one another?
(a) Feral cats.
(b) Rats.
(c) Wild dogs.
(d) Birds.

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

4. On his way back to the city, Ish breaks into a fine home. What does he do while he is there?
(a) Stays for several nights.
(b) Makes himself breakfast.
(c) Empties the jewelry cabinet.
(d) Listens to a voice on the radio.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What do the young men think is important for Ish to do before he dies?

2. What event occurs during the Year of Woodcarving that has a very
 negative effect on Ish?

3. What instrument does Ish play in the "Year We Sang"?

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

5. Out of all the people Ish finds at first, which of these is the most friendly?

(see the answer key)

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