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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What does Ish find when he arrives home after his trip to the east coast?
(a) His note is untouched.
(b) Someone has been in his home.
(c) His parents left him a note.
(d) His door is broken.

3. In Year Five, the people create a "national pastime" out of avoiding 
what type of animal?
(a) Lions.
(b) Hyenas.
(c) Bulls.
(d) Dogs.

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

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

6. What can Joey do better than any of the other children?
(a) Read.
(b) Run.
(c) Fight.
(d) Draw.

7. While Ish is traveling to the east coast, he kills an animal, eating its liver afterward. What kind of animal does Ish kill?
(a) Llama.
(b) Goat.
(c) Calf.
(d) Dog.

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

9. What does Ish notice is peculiar about one of the towns he visits on his drive home from Black Creek?
(a) An unfriendly, dirty man is yellilng at him.
(b) His car is making a strange noise.
(c) All the people are gone.
(d) People are hiding in the courthouse.

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

11. While exploring the city, Ish meets a drunkard. What is the man's name?
(a) Ben.
(b) Robert.
(c) Barlow.
(d) Asher.

12. In the beginning, how does Ish go about finding other people?
(a) Puts up a flag.
(b) Waits at a grocery store.
(c) Honks his car horn.
(d) Shoots a pistol in the air.

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

14. What event occurs during the Year of Woodcarving that has a very
 negative effect on Ish?
(a) Princess dies.
(b) One of the children mysteriously disappears.
(c) The carpenter is crushed under an uneven house.
(d) His favorite building burns down.

15. Why do Em and Ish decide to keep Princess in the house during the infestation?
(a) For protection.
(b) Because they're afraid she will run away.
(c) Because of something that Ish finds.
(d) Because they have seen a strange man who won't speak with them.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why does Ish worry about being with Em at first?

2. When Ish is alone in the cabin, what disturbs him?

3. After Ish returns to the drunkard that he met in the city, the man ends up dying. What does Ish do with him ?

4. On his way back to town after his illness, what does Ish do when he reaches Johnson's?

5. 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?

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