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

2. What is the name of Ish and Em's second child?
(a) John.
(b) Robert.
(c) Josey.
(d) Mary.

3. In Year Five, the people create a "national pastime" out of avoiding 
what type of animal?
(a) Bulls.
(b) Hyenas.
(c) Lions.
(d) Dogs.

4. What instrument does Ish play in the "Year We Sang"?
(a) A clarinet.
(b) A violin.
(c) An accordion.
(d) A harmonica.

5. After Ish meets the family in Arkansas, the author talks about the fall of mankind. Who does the writer say will truly be saddened by the death of man?
(a) Housepets.
(b) Any remaining people.
(c) Livestock.
(d) Lice.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What natural disaster occurs in Year Twenty?

3. Who rescued Evie when she was living alone?

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

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

Short Essay Questions

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

2. Has following Ish thorough the different stages of his life given you a better understanding of why elderly people like to just sit and talk? Why?

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

4. What purpose do funeral rites serve, according to the author?

5. Is it significant that the author shows all the dependent animals dying first? If so, how is it significant?

6. Why is Ish so concerned about finding people who can "fix" civilization?

7. Why does Ish decide that most of the items on his original list of survival characteristics are useless?

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

9. How do the older people treat Charlie?

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

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