Earth Abides Test | Mid-Book Test - Easy

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

Earth Abides Test | Mid-Book Test - Easy

This set of Lesson Plans consists of approximately 117 pages of tests, essay questions, lessons, and other teaching materials.
Buy the Earth Abides Lesson Plans
Name: _________________________ Period: ___________________

This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. While scavenging for food in his hometown, what item of food does Ish find to be inedible because of mice and weevils?
(a) Salt.
(b) Fruit.
(c) Sugar.
(d) Flour.

2. After Ish and Em come together, something happens that makes Ish panic, but Em turns it into a game. What happens?
(a) The car won't start.
(b) Ish loses his watch.
(c) Princess disappears.
(d) Em trips and hurts herself.

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

4. What event affects the house of Ish's neighbor that Ish refuses to fix?
(a) A severe storm.
(b) A clogged drain.
(c) Ish wrecking his car.
(d) An electrical fire.

5. On his trip back to his hometown from the east coast, Ish has to drive a long way around something. What causes Ish to detour?
(a) A broken bridge.
(b) Massive wildfires.
(c) A flooded road.
(d) A man with a rifle.

6. What instrument does Ish play in the "Year We Sang"?
(a) A violin.
(b) A harmonica.
(c) An accordion.
(d) A clarinet.

7. What do the older members of the community notice that 
they think "pushes back the darkness" a little?
(a) The sudden arrival of visitors.
(b) The number of years everyone has survived.
(c) The birth of children.
(d) The progress in building the village.

8. What natural disaster occurs in Year Twenty?
(a) An earthquake.
(b) A landslide.
(c) A flood.
(d) A fire.

9. What does Em say Ish can do to help her with childbirth?
(a) Find medicine.
(b) Provide hot water and clean sheets.
(c) Read books about it.
(d) Stay away.

10. 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 was born with a weak heart.
(d) He hurt his head in a fall.

11. How many children did Em have before the virus?
(a) One.
(b) Four.
(c) Two.
(d) Three.

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

13. In Year Five, the people create a "national pastime" out of avoiding 
what type of animal?
(a) Lions.
(b) Hyenas.
(c) Bulls.
(d) Dogs.

14. What does Em think of Princess?
(a) She can't stand her.
(b) That she needs to stay somewhere else.
(c) She wants to keep her for herself.
(d) That she is beautiful.

15. What animal does Ish see in his neighbor's yard that doesn't seem to belong there?
(a) A horse.
(b) A cow.
(c) A sheep.
(d) A goat.

Short Answer Questions

1. When Ish decides to take a cross-country trip, what is the reason he decides to go?

2. When pondering about mankind, Ish comes up with a definition for them. What definition does he use?

3. Why does Em move to Ish's house?

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. While living alone, what book does Ish begin reading that makes him uneasy?

(see the answer keys)

This section contains 557 words
(approx. 2 pages at 300 words per page)
Buy the Earth Abides Lesson Plans
Copyrights
BookRags
Earth Abides from BookRags. (c)2025 BookRags, Inc. All rights reserved.