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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. When Ish is older, he opens his eyes one day and notices someone standing before him. Who is standing there?
(a) His great-grandson.
(b) Ezra's grandchildren.
(c) His oldest son.
(d) The head of the Tribe.

2. While exploring the city, Ish finds a body hanging from a telephone pole. What does the sign say that is attached to the body?
(a) Murderer.
(b) Beware of plague.
(c) Stay away.
(d) Looter.

3. Toward the end of the book, Jack explains to Ish that he likes his bow better than a rifle. Why is this?
(a) Because he doesn't understand rifles.
(b) Because the bow is more fun.
(c) Because rifles are unreliable.
(d) Because rifles are for "old" people.

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

5. 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 marking the object Ish carries with him.
(d) By chiseling into a large rock.

Short Answer Questions

1. How does Ish find Em?

2. What do the older members of the community notice that 
they think "pushes back the darkness" a little?

3. What does Ish become obsessed with doing while the city is being overrun by a certain kind of animal?

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

5. Why is Ish worried about the couple he stays with in the eastern city?

(see the answer key)

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