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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part 2: Chapters 1 - 2.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Em decide to call the First Year?
(a) Year of the ox.
(b) Year of the baby.
(c) Year of the drought.
(d) Year of plenty.

2. While living alone, what book does Ish begin reading that makes him uneasy?
(a) Arabian Nights.
(b) The Bible.
(c) The Koran.
(d) Huckleberry Finn.

3. What event occurs during the Year of Woodcarving that has a very
 negative effect on Ish?
(a) The carpenter is crushed under an uneven house.
(b) Princess dies.
(c) His favorite building burns down.
(d) One of the children mysteriously disappears.

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

5. During Ish's trip to the east, he meets a small family in Arkansas. What are they doing?
(a) Trying to start a car.
(b) Traveling toward the coast.
(c) Building a house.
(d) Raising animals and crops.

Short Answer Questions

1. What natural disaster occurs in Year Twenty?

2. Why does Ish think the books in the library are important?

3. During the Quick Years, one of Ish and Em's earliest children dies. What do the adults think is the cause?

4. What is the name of Ish and Em's second child?

5. When Ish is alone in the cabin, what disturbs him?

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