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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.
Short Answer Questions
1. How does Em demonstrate to Ish that children are necessary?
2. How do Ish and Em decide to mark the years?
3. When Ish decides to drive over the bridge, what sight prevents him from going to the other city?
4. Where does Ish drive when he finds out Em is pregnant?
5. While Ish is alone in his house and pondering civilization, what does he decide he will never be?
Short Essay Questions
1. What law does Ish believe needs to be in effect the next time any new people arrive in their area? Why?
2. Are the other Tribe members as dedicated to education as Ish is? Why or why not?
3. In Chapter 4, the author says this of Milt and Ann that they would "pay the penalty which in the history of the world, he knew, had always been inflicted upon organisms which specialized too highly." What do you think the author means by this statement? How has the author shown the same principle already in the text?
4. What event at the end of Chapter 5 both frightens and saddens Ish?
5. How is it significant that Ish has not passed on the tradition of carving the year into the rock? What effect may this have later?
6. What tradition does Em begin when they carve the year into the rock?
7. Why do you think the group wouldn't allow Evie to have children?
8. What do you think of how Ish paid for the food he received from the family in Arkansas? Was it a fair exchange?
9. Why does Ish worry so much about Evie's state?
10. Is it significant that the author shows all the dependent animals dying first? If so, how is it significant?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
After the first few chapters of the book, Ish begins collecting companions. Each one interacts with, and affects, Ish in a number of different ways. What effect do the people in Ish's life have on him and his plans? What do the interactions between these people say about Ish, and how did their influences affect the outcome of the story?
Essay Topic 2
In the first six chapters of the book, Ish notices that there are certain animals that cannot live without man, while there are others who seem to adapt after awhile. The author makes several comments about these animals throughout the remainder of the book. Do you think that the author is really, in a sense, talking about mankind? If so, what is he saying? If not, what point do you think the author is trying to emphasize?
Essay Topic 3
Why do you think Ish feels personally responsible for the fate of civilization?
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