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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through The Quick Years.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What can Joey do better than any of the other children?
(a) Run.
(b) Draw.
(c) Fight.
(d) Read.

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

3. Out of all the people Ish finds at first, which of these is the most friendly?
(a) The little girl.
(b) The hermit.
(c) The former lawyer.
(d) The couple.

4. While exploring the city, Ish meets a drunkard. What is the man's name?
(a) Ben.
(b) Robert.
(c) Barlow.
(d) Asher.

5. What is the name of Ish and Em's second child?
(a) Mary.
(b) Josey.
(c) John.
(d) Robert.

Short Answer Questions

1. While exploring the city, Ish finds a body hanging from a telephone pole. What does the sign say that is attached to the body?

2. After Ish and Em come together, something happens that makes Ish panic, but Em turns it into a game. What happens?

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

4. At the beginning of the book, why doesn't Ish know about the virus?

5. While driving home from Black Creek, what does Ish see on the side of the road?

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