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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. Why is Ish worried about the couple he stays with in the eastern city?
(a) Their water supply is low.
(b) A harsh winter is coming.
(c) They don't know how to defend themselves.
(d) There is a dangerous gang nearby.

3. What instrument does Ish play in the "Year We Sang"?
(a) A harmonica.
(b) An accordion.
(c) A clarinet.
(d) A violin.

4. What does Em say Ish can do to help her with childbirth?
(a) Stay away.
(b) Read books about it.
(c) Provide hot water and clean sheets.
(d) Find medicine.

5. While scavenging for food in his hometown, what item of food does Ish find to be inedible because of mice and weevils?
(a) Sugar.
(b) Salt.
(c) Fruit.
(d) Flour.

6. What vegetable does Ish grow in his garden in Year Two of the Quick Years?
(a) Carrots.
(b) Rhubarb.
(c) Lettuce.
(d) Zucchini.

7. After Ish and Em come together, something happens that makes Ish panic, but Em turns it into a game. What happens?
(a) The car won't start.
(b) Princess disappears.
(c) Em trips and hurts herself.
(d) Ish loses his watch.

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

9. 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 Church of Christ.
(d) The Skeptic Church.

10. 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.

11. Why does Em move to Ish's house?
(a) Her house is too small for all of them.
(b) He has a greater supply of food.
(c) He doesn't want to move his books.
(d) He lives in a safer area of the city.

12. What does Em decide to call the First Year?
(a) Year of the baby.
(b) Year of the ox.
(c) Year of plenty.
(d) Year of the drought.

13. After Ish meets the family in Arkansas, the author talks about the fall of mankind. Who does the writer say will truly be saddened by the death of man?
(a) Livestock.
(b) Housepets.
(c) Any remaining people.
(d) Lice.

14. When Ish heads to the east coast, what does he attach to the back of his car?
(a) A motorcycle.
(b) An American flag.
(c) A trailer.
(d) A boat.

15. In the Quick Years, which new discovery or hobby causes the children to be so delighted 
they name Year Ten after it?
(a) Racing.
(b) Baseball.
(c) Fishing.
(d) Kite-flying.

Short Answer Questions

1. In Year Five, the people create a "national pastime" out of avoiding 
what type of animal?

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

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

4. Where does Ish drive when he finds out Em is pregnant?

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

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