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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. While cruising through town, what does Ish see on the flashing neon sign that he equates to the progress and downfall of civilization?
(a) A galloping horse.
(b) A flashing hand of cards.
(c) The temperature.
(d) A line of stars.

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

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

4. While exploring the city, Ish finds a body hanging from a telephone pole. What does the sign say that is attached to the body?
(a) Stay away.
(b) Looter.
(c) Murderer.
(d) Beware of plague.

5. After Ish returns to the drunkard that he met in the city, the man ends up dying. What does Ish do with him ?
(a) Wraps him in a blanket.
(b) Dumps him with the other bodies.
(c) Buries him.
(d) Leaves him where he finds him.

Short Answer Questions

1. How does Ish find Em?

2. What does Ish become obsessed with doing while the city is being overrun by a certain kind of animal?

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

4. During the Quick Years, the community tries to start a church. From what "church" does Maurine think Ish gets his ideas?

5. What does Ish notice is peculiar about one of the towns he visits on his drive home from Black Creek?

(see the answer key)

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