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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part 2: Chapters 6 - 7.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. How do Ish and Em decide to mark the years?
(a) By chiseling into a large rock.
(b) By marking the object Ish carries with him.
(c) By painting the pole of a streetsign outside their house.
(d) By keeping a diary.

3. How many children did Em have before the virus?
(a) One.
(b) Four.
(c) Three.
(d) Two.

4. What does Em think of Princess?
(a) That she needs to stay somewhere else.
(b) That she is beautiful.
(c) She can't stand her.
(d) She wants to keep her for herself.

5. Why does Em move to Ish's house?
(a) He lives in a safer area of the city.
(b) He doesn't want to move his books.
(c) He has a greater supply of food.
(d) Her house is too small for all of them.

Short Answer Questions

1. How does Ish find Em?

2. What does Em say Ish can do to help her with childbirth?

3. How does Em demonstrate to Ish that children are necessary?

4. What type of animal begins to invade the city after Ish and Em find one another?

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

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