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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. Where does Ish drive when he finds out Em is pregnant?
(a) Back to Em's old house.
(b) To the hospital.
(c) To the library.
(d) To an old pharmacy.

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

3. During the Quick Years, one of Ish and Em's earliest children dies. What do the adults think is the cause?
(a) He ate rat poison.
(b) He caught pneumonia.
(c) He hurt his head in a fall.
(d) He was born with a weak heart.

4. At the beginning of the book, why doesn't Ish know about the virus?
(a) Ish is in the country doing research.
(b) Ish is camping on the beach and fishing.
(c) Ish is driving outside the city with his radio off.
(d) Ish is in a coma.

5. During the Quick Years, the community tries to start a church. From what "church" does Maurine think Ish gets his ideas?
(a) The Catholic Church.
(b) The Church of Christ.
(c) The Methodist Church.
(d) The Skeptic Church.

Short Answer Questions

1. When Ish stays with the couple that he meets in the eastern city, he finds they will not leave. Why does Ish think they won't leave?

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

3. When Ish arrives in a certain city in the east, ending his trip to that side of the country, what impresses him the most about the city?

4. At one point, Ish considers suicide, but there is one particular reason he decides not to kill himself. What gives Ish the will to live?

5. While Ish is traveling to the east coast, he kills an animal, eating its liver afterward. What kind of animal does Ish kill?

(see the answer key)

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