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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

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

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

5. How does Em demonstrate to Ish that children are necessary?
(a) She digs the roots out of a rose bush.
(b) She shows him how hard it is to work the garden alone.
(c) She shows him old pictures of her family.
(d) She lights a match and blows it out.

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. 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?

3. When Ish decides to take a cross-country trip, what is the reason he decides to go?

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

5. In the Quick Years, which new discovery or hobby causes the children to be so delighted 
they name Year Ten after it?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why are Bob and Dick so eager to use a brick to smash the door instead of the hammer?

2. Where did the Tribe bury Charlie?

3. How is it significant that Ish has not passed on the tradition of carving the year into the rock? What effect may this have later?

4. In Chapter 4, the author says this of Milt and Ann that they would "pay the penalty which in the history of the world, he knew, had always been inflicted upon organisms which specialized too highly." What do you think the author means by this statement? How has the author shown the same principle already in the text?

5. Is Ish a good leader for the Tribe? Why or why not?

6. Why hasn't Ish ever noticed how beautiful Evie is?

7. What is notable about how Ish acts on his trip home?

8. Does Ish seem to treat Joey differently than everyone else? Why or why not?

9. Would Ish like any man that the boys brought back? Why or why not?

10. What realization makes Ish feel humble beside Em? What does he finally understand?

(see the answer keys)

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