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

2. In Year Sixteen, what do Mary and Ralph decide to do?
(a) Run away from home.
(b) Go look for other people.
(c) Start a new village.
(d) Get married.

3. What does Em say Ish can do to help her with childbirth?
(a) Provide hot water and clean sheets.
(b) Read books about it.
(c) Find medicine.
(d) Stay away.

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

5. During Ish's trip to the east, he meets a small family in Arkansas. What are they doing?
(a) Building a house.
(b) Traveling toward the coast.
(c) Trying to start a car.
(d) Raising animals and crops.

Short Answer Questions

1. While Ish is traveling to the east coast, he kills an animal, eating its liver afterward. What kind of animal does Ish kill?

2. What do the older members of the community notice that 
they think "pushes back the darkness" a little?

3. What natural disaster occurs in Year Twenty?

4. While exploring the city, Ish finds a body hanging from a telephone pole. What does the sign say that is attached to the body?

5. What does Em decide to call the First Year?

Short Essay Questions

1. What is the author trying to illustrate when he shows how the young men treat Ish if he doesn't answer questions?

2. How does the Tribe see Ish?

3. When visiting the library, what does Joey ask Ish about restoring? What does he see that causes him to ask the question?

4. Does Ish put too much emphasis on above-average intelligence instead of other qualities?

5. Why are Richard and Robert chosen for the expedition instead of the other men?

6. How does Ish feel after he finally discovers what has happened to everyone?

7. Why does Ish start walking with a limp?

8. How would you react if you were in Ish's place when he finds out what happened?

9. Do Ish's own children think of Evie the same way that he does?

10. Why does Ish worry so much about Evie's state?

(see the answer keys)

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