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

2. What type of animal begins to invade the city after Ish and Em find one another?
(a) Feral cats.
(b) Birds.
(c) Rats.
(d) Wild dogs.

3. On his way back to town after his illness, what does Ish do when he reaches Johnson's?
(a) Pumps gas and leaves payment.
(b) Looks in the window and leaves.
(c) Talks to the attendant.
(d) Steals from the register.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What event affects the house of Ish's neighbor that Ish refuses to fix?

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

3. While cruising through town, what does Ish see on the flashing neon sign that he equates to the progress and downfall of civilization?

4. While exploring the city, Ish meets a drunkard. What is the man's name?

5. While Ish is alone in his house and pondering civilization, what does he decide he will never be?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. 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?

3. Why does Ish run away from the column of smoke?

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

5. What does the author mean when he talks about certain crops and mankind being interdependent? Is he trying to make a larger statement?

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

7. Why does Em start crying when she tells Ish about her pregnancy?

8. What event at the end of Chapter 5 both frightens and saddens Ish?

9. Is the Tribe well organized? Why or why not?

10. What did Ezra do to test Charlie about his vest?

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