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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

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

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

5. Who rescued Evie when she was living alone?
(a) Ezra.
(b) Em.
(c) Ish.
(d) John.

Short Answer Questions

1. Out of all the people Ish finds at first, which of these is the most friendly?

2. What does Em say Ish can do to help her with childbirth?

3. In Year Five, the people create a "national pastime" out of avoiding 
what type of animal?

4. Why is Ish worried about the couple he stays with in the eastern city?

5. When Ish stays with the couple that he meets in the eastern city, he finds they will not leave. Why does Ish think they won't leave?

Short Essay Questions

1. Who is the "leader" of the group? Why?

2. What realization makes Ish feel humble beside Em? What does he finally understand?

3. What do you think of how Ish paid for the food he received from the family in Arkansas? Was it a fair exchange?

4. Why are Bob and Dick so eager to use a brick to smash the door instead of the hammer?

5. Why hasn't Ish ever noticed how beautiful Evie is?

6. Why are Richard and Robert chosen for the expedition instead of the other men?

7. Who gave Isherwood his name, and why?

8. After the over-population of a certain animal, Ish notices that the larger ones of the species start killing one another off. He decides that the animals are not doing this out of hunger. What does he believe is the real reason?

9. What trick do the children play every year at New Years?

10. Would Ish like any man that the boys brought back? Why or why not?

(see the answer keys)

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