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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

3. At the end of Chapter Two, Ish makes a list of the reasons he will survive better than many of the people he meets. Why does Ish believe he is better prepared to survive?
(a) He went through survival training in Wyoming.
(b) He has always preferred to do things alone.
(c) He is physically stronger than most people.
(d) He was a boy scout.

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

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

6. What do the older members of the community notice that 
they think "pushes back the darkness" a little?
(a) The number of years everyone has survived.
(b) The birth of children.
(c) The sudden arrival of visitors.
(d) The progress in building the village.

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

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

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

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

11. In Year Eleven, Molly is the first person to have this happen to her:
(a) Has several gray hairs.
(b) Goes through menopause.
(c) Has a child die at birth.
(d) Has a tooth removed.

12. What insects invade Ish's home while he is living alone?
(a) Bees.
(b) Ants.
(c) Mosquitoes.
(d) Flies.

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

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

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

Short Answer Questions

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

2. During the Quick Years, the community tries to start a church. From what "church" does Maurine think Ish gets his ideas?

3. What can Joey do better than any of the other children?

4. While Ish is alone in his house and pondering civilization, what does he decide he will never be?

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

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