Earth Abides Quiz | Eight Week Quiz A

This set of Lesson Plans consists of approximately 117 pages of tests, essay questions, lessons, and other teaching materials.

Earth Abides Quiz | Eight Week Quiz A

This set of Lesson Plans consists of approximately 117 pages of tests, essay questions, lessons, and other teaching materials.
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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part 1: Chapters 3 - 5.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Ish find when he arrives home after his trip to the east coast?
(a) His note is untouched.
(b) Someone has been in his home.
(c) His parents left him a note.
(d) His door is broken.

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

3. When Ish decides to take a cross-country trip, what is the reason he decides to go?
(a) To find a safer place to live.
(b) To find his parents.
(c) To find other survivors.
(d) To find a friend he hopes survived.

4. What does Ish notice is peculiar about one of the towns he visits on his drive home from Black Creek?
(a) His car is making a strange noise.
(b) An unfriendly, dirty man is yellilng at him.
(c) All the people are gone.
(d) People are hiding in the courthouse.

5. While driving home from Black Creek, what does Ish see on the side of the road?
(a) A dead body.
(b) Two children, walking alone.
(c) A blinking road sign.
(d) A burning building.

Short Answer Questions

1. What insects invade Ish's home while he is living alone?

2. While driving through the Mojave desert, why does Ish stop his car in the middle?

3. After Ish meets the family in Arkansas, the author talks about the fall of mankind. Who does the writer say will truly be saddened by the death of man?

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?

5. 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?

(see the answer key)

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