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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) Ish loses his watch.
(c) The car won't start.
(d) Em trips and hurts herself.

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

3. What does Em think of Princess?
(a) That she is beautiful.
(b) She can't stand her.
(c) She wants to keep her for herself.
(d) That she needs to stay somewhere else.

4. While Ish is alone in his house and pondering civilization, what does he decide he will never be?
(a) A survivor.
(b) A murderer.
(c) A god.
(d) A leader.

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

6. Where does Ish drive when he finds out Em is pregnant?
(a) Back to Em's old house.
(b) To the hospital.
(c) To an old pharmacy.
(d) To the library.

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

8. When Ish decides to drive over the bridge, what sight prevents him from going to the other city?
(a) A massive fire.
(b) A pile of bodies.
(c) A fallen road sign.
(d) An empty car

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

10. While living alone, what book does Ish begin reading that makes him uneasy?
(a) Huckleberry Finn.
(b) The Bible.
(c) The Koran.
(d) Arabian Nights.

11. 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) Kite-flying.
(d) Fishing.

12. When Ish stays with the couple that he meets in the eastern city, he finds they will not leave. Why does Ish think they won't leave?
(a) They can find everything they need within walking distance.
(b) They're trying to restart the government.
(c) Their family is buried nearby.
(d) They are afraid of the outside world.

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

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

15. Who rescued Evie when she was living alone?
(a) Em.
(b) Ish.
(c) Ezra.
(d) John.

Short Answer Questions

1. 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?

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?

3. What insects invade Ish's home while he is living alone?

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

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

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