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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. While driving through the Mojave desert, why does Ish stop his car in the middle?
(a) He feels ill.
(b) His friend wants out.
(c) He becomes lost.
(d) The car overheats.

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

3. When pondering about mankind, Ish comes up with a definition for them. What definition does he use?
(a) The world-killing animal.
(b) The ravenous animal.
(c) The diseased animal.
(d) The noise-producing animal.

4. In the Quick Years, which new discovery or hobby causes the children to be so delighted 
they name Year Ten after it?
(a) Baseball.
(b) Fishing.
(c) Racing.
(d) Kite-flying.

5. What does Em decide to call the First Year?
(a) Year of the baby.
(b) Year of the drought.
(c) Year of plenty.
(d) Year of the ox.

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

7. 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?
(a) Quiet.
(b) Filth.
(c) Size of the city.
(d) Destruction.

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

9. While living alone, what book does Ish begin reading that makes him uneasy?
(a) The Bible.
(b) Huckleberry Finn.
(c) The Koran.
(d) Arabian Nights.

10. 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 man with a rifle.
(b) A flooded road.
(c) A broken bridge.
(d) Massive wildfires.

11. How does Ish first find out about the virus?
(a) A thief.
(b) A newspaper headline.
(c) A handwritten note on a body.
(d) A crackling radio station.

12. While exploring the city, Ish finds a body hanging from a telephone pole. What does the sign say that is attached to the body?
(a) Looter.
(b) Beware of plague.
(c) Stay away.
(d) Murderer.

13. When Ish drives to a certain building after finding out Em is pregnant, 
how does he manage to get inside?
(a) He chops the door off its hinges.
(b) He breaks in through a window.
(c) He finds an open window.
(d) He finds a door that was left ajar.

14. 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) Raising animals and crops.
(d) Trying to start a car.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. While cruising through town, what does Ish see on the flashing neon sign that he equates to the progress and downfall of civilization?

2. During the Quick Years, one of Ish and Em's earliest children dies. What do the adults think is the cause?

3. When Ish decides to drive over the bridge, what sight prevents him from going to the other city?

4. What animal do the children see for the first time in Year Nineteen?

5. At the end of Chapter Two, Ish makes a list of the reasons he will survive better than many of the people he meets. Why does Ish believe he is better prepared to survive?

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