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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part 2: Chapters 8 - 11.
Multiple Choice Questions
1. What vegetable does Ish grow in his garden in Year Two of the Quick Years?
(a) Lettuce.
(b) Carrots.
(c) Rhubarb.
(d) Zucchini.
2. 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) One of the children mysteriously disappears.
(c) His favorite building burns down.
(d) Princess dies.
3. What do the older members of the community notice that
they think "pushes back the darkness" a little?
(a) The number of years everyone has survived.
(b) The birth of children.
(c) The sudden arrival of visitors.
(d) The progress in building the village.
4. How do Ish and Em decide to mark the years?
(a) By chiseling into a large rock.
(b) By keeping a diary.
(c) By painting the pole of a streetsign outside their house.
(d) By marking the object Ish carries with him.
5. Where does Ish drive when he finds out Em is pregnant?
(a) To the hospital.
(b) To the library.
(c) Back to Em's old house.
(d) To an old pharmacy.
Short Answer Questions
1. While Ish is traveling to the east coast, he kills an animal, eating its liver afterward. What kind of animal does Ish kill?
2. What does Ish start carrying with him for protection after meeting a pack of dogs in his hometown?
3. Why does Em move to Ish's house?
4. While Ish is alone in his house and pondering civilization, what does he decide he will never be?
5. What animal do the children see for the first time in Year Nineteen?
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