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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How many children did Em have before the virus?
(a) Three.
(b) Two.
(c) One.
(d) Four.

2. Why does Ish think the books in the library are important?
(a) He wants to learn from the mistakes of history.
(b) Reading and arithmetic will help the children survive the elements.
(c) People will use them to rebuild civilization.
(d) They may need to burn them for fuel during winter.

3. What is the name of the city where Ish ends his trip to the east?
(a) Pittsburgh.
(b) Chicago.
(c) New York.
(d) Atlanta.

4. How do Ish and Em decide to mark the years?
(a) By marking the object Ish carries with him.
(b) By painting the pole of a streetsign outside their house.
(c) By chiseling into a large rock.
(d) By keeping a diary.

5. Why does Ish worry about being with Em at first?
(a) She doesn't seem to like him, she just wants a companion.
(b) She might have a hidden sickness.
(c) She seems to have mental problems.
(d) She is older than he is.

6. After Ish returns to the drunkard that he met in the city, the man ends up dying. What does Ish do with him ?
(a) Dumps him with the other bodies.
(b) Leaves him where he finds him.
(c) Buries him.
(d) Wraps him in a blanket.

7. 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) An unfriendly, dirty man is yellilng at him.
(c) All the people are gone.
(d) People are hiding in the courthouse.

8. On his trip back to his hometown from the east coast, Ish has to drive a long way around something. What causes Ish to detour?
(a) A broken bridge.
(b) A man with a rifle.
(c) Massive wildfires.
(d) A flooded road.

9. What animal do the children see for the first time in Year Nineteen?
(a) An elk.
(b) A fox.
(c) A mountain lion.
(d) A deer.

10. After Ish finds out Em is pregnant, what does he use to determine the end of the year?
(a) A dirty calendar.
(b) A chronograph.
(c) A compass and a watch.
(d) A surveyor's transit.

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

12. At one point, Ish considers suicide, but there is one particular reason he decides not to kill himself. What gives Ish the will to live?
(a) The books he reads.
(b) Curiosity about his parents.
(c) Being an observer.
(d) The fear of death.

13. What natural disaster occurs in Year Twenty?
(a) A flood.
(b) A fire.
(c) An earthquake.
(d) A landslide.

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. When Ish drives to a certain building after finding out Em is pregnant, 
how does he manage to get inside?
(a) He chops the door off its hinges.
(b) He finds a door that was left ajar.
(c) He finds an open window.
(d) He breaks in through a window.

Short Answer Questions

1. When Ish heads to the east coast, what does he attach to the back of his car?

2. 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?

3. While driving back home after his cross-country trip, what animals does Ish notice have disappeared?

4. What type of animal begins to invade the city after Ish and Em find one another?

5. 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?

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