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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. At the beginning of the book, why doesn't Ish know about the virus?
(a) Ish is in a coma.
(b) Ish is in the country doing research.
(c) Ish is camping on the beach and fishing.
(d) Ish is driving outside the city with his radio off.

2. Out of all the people Ish finds at first, which of these is the most friendly?
(a) The little girl.
(b) The couple.
(c) The former lawyer.
(d) The hermit.

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

4. What does Ish find when he arrives home after his trip to the east coast?
(a) Someone has been in his home.
(b) His door is broken.
(c) His note is untouched.
(d) His parents left him a note.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. On his way back to the city, Ish breaks into a fine home. What does he do while he is there?

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

3. What animal does Ish see running in the highway after the virus strikes?

4. What does Em think of Princess?

5. What natural disaster occurs in Year Twenty?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. What do Ish and Em have to refill in order to continue on their journey? How do they do this?

3. Who is the "leader" of the group? Why?

4. Why do Ish's feelings about the execution seem to be very different than the feelings of the others?

5. How does the Tribe see Ish?

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

7. What trick do the children play every year at New Years?

8. Who does Ish think is his last companion?

9. 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?

10. 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?

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