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

2. What does Ish become obsessed with doing while the city is being overrun by a certain kind of animal?
(a) Building defenses against the animals.
(b) Calculating how many of this type of animal are in the city.
(c) Domesticating the animals.
(d) Killing as many of the animals as possible.

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

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

5. 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) The car won't start.
(c) Princess disappears.
(d) Ish loses his watch.

Short Answer Questions

1. While living alone, what book does Ish begin reading that makes him uneasy?

2. In Year Sixteen, what do Mary and Ralph decide to do?

3. In the beginning, how does Ish go about finding other people?

4. In Year Five, the people create a "national pastime" out of avoiding 
what type of animal?

5. How many children did Em have before the virus?

Short Essay Questions

1. How is it significant that many of the people do not sleep in the same location that Ish does?

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

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

4. Why does Jack think that some of the arrowhead materials are better than others?

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

6. What is one good reason why the Tribe should merge with the other tribe?

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

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

9. What day of the year do Ish and Em choose to be their New Year's Day? Why?

10. Where did the Tribe bury Charlie?

(see the answer keys)

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