The Measure Quizzes

The Measure Quiz 1

1 Where is Ben when his box is delivered?

On a plane

With his girlfriend

At home

On the train
2 When Ben arrives in NYC where are most people headed?

Away from NYC

Into NYC

To popular vacation destinations

To the airport
3 When did the boxes originally arrive?

At the same exact time all around the world

On everyones 20th birthday

Early in the morning all around the world

At night all around the world
4 What is the lowest age for people receiving the box?

There is no minimum age

25

22

18
5 What happens if you’re under the minimum age when the boxes were given out?

You‘re absolved

Your death date is earlier

It comes the morning you turn the minimum age

The box is locked until you come of age
6 Who sees their box first in the book?

Nina

Amie

Maura

Ben
7 What are the results of the initial scientific findings on the strings?

The string could only be cut with a blade

People with shorter strings usually had incurable diseases

People with long strings were granted immortality

People with shorter strings were more violent
8 What is Ben's profession?

Editor

Architect

Historian

Doctor
9 Which group was one of the early groups to be blamed for the appearance of the strings as described in the book?

Original sin

The dead

A rogue religious faction

Aliens
10 What material is the box?

A material that looks like cherrywood

Mahogany

Cherrywood

A material that looks like mahogany
11 Are long-stringers immune to death before the end of their string?

No

Yes

People under the minimum age to receive the boxes are the only ones immune to death until the end of their string

Children are the only ones immune to death until the end of their string
12 What book does Amie find under her bed?

Crime and Punishment

Atonement

The Hunger Games

The Giver
13 What is sketched on Ben’s note that Amie received from the janitor?

The New York City Skyline

Grand Central Station

Penn Station

The Empire State Building
14 What is The Measure named after?

a Bible quote

a prophecy

a book of divination

a parable
15 What is the margin of error/range of death-age as prescribed by the strings and translated by science?

10 years

4 years

It gives the exact date

2 years
16 How is the death age measured by the string?

Current age minus the length of the string

The entire length of the string

The knots in the string

The saturation of color of the string
17 Where is the first long-stringer info board Nina reads called?

Reddit

Long Stringers Only

Don’t Try This At Home

How to Support Short-Stringers
18 Who in Nina’s workplace knows about Maura’s string?

Only the editor-in-chief

Everyone

Only her best friend

Know one
19 What is the average length of the people at Nina’s workplace’s strings?

Average string

Long string

Chose not to open the box

Short string
20 Who has the longest string of the following characters?

Maura

Hank

Sean

Ben
21 What book did Amie have her class read during the school year?

The Parable

The 5 People You Meet in Heaven

Atonement

The Giver
22 What book did Amie assign her class as their summer reading?

Atonement

Tuck Everlasting

The Odyssey

The Hunger Games
23 Which hospital did Hank work at?

New York University Hospital

Liberty Hospital

Memorial Hospital

New York Presbyterian
24 Which characters exchange letters?

Hank and Amie

Claire and Hank

Amie and Ben

Ben and Claire
25 Which presidential candidate does the reader know to be a short stringer?

Wes Johnson, Sr.

Anthony Rollins

Alice Harper

Anthony Johnson

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