The Measure Quizzes

The Measure Quiz 1

1 Where is Ben when his box is delivered?

With his girlfriend

On the train

On a plane

At home
2 When Ben arrives in NYC where are most people headed?

Into NYC

To the airport

To popular vacation destinations

Away from NYC
3 When did the boxes originally arrive?

Early in the morning all around the world

At the same exact time all around the world

On everyones 20th birthday

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

25

There is no minimum age

18

22
5 What happens if you’re under the minimum age when the boxes were given out?

The box is locked until you come of age

You‘re absolved

It comes the morning you turn the minimum age

Your death date is earlier
6 Who sees their box first in the book?

Ben

Maura

Amie

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

People with shorter strings were more violent

People with shorter strings usually had incurable diseases

The string could only be cut with a blade

People with long strings were granted immortality
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?

Aliens

Original sin

The dead

A rogue religious faction
10 What material is the box?

Mahogany

A material that looks like mahogany

Cherrywood

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

No

Yes

Children are the only ones immune to death until the end of their string

People under the minimum age to receive the boxes are the only ones immune to death until the end of their string
12 What book does Amie find under her bed?

Atonement

Crime and Punishment

The Giver

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

Grand Central Station

Penn Station

The Empire State Building

The New York City Skyline
14 What is The Measure named after?

a prophecy

a parable

a book of divination

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

10 years

4 years

2 years

It gives the exact date
16 How is the death age measured by the string?

The saturation of color of the string

Current age minus the length of the string

The knots in the string

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

Don’t Try This At Home

How to Support Short-Stringers

Long Stringers Only

Reddit
18 Who in Nina’s workplace knows about Maura’s string?

Only her best friend

Everyone

Only the editor-in-chief

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

Short string

Chose not to open the box

Long string

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

Sean

Ben

Maura

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

The Parable

The Giver

Atonement

The 5 People You Meet in Heaven
22 What book did Amie assign her class as their summer reading?

Atonement

Tuck Everlasting

The Hunger Games

The Odyssey
23 Which hospital did Hank work at?

New York Presbyterian

Memorial Hospital

New York University Hospital

Liberty Hospital
24 Which characters exchange letters?

Claire and Hank

Amie and Ben

Hank and Amie

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

Wes Johnson, Sr.

Alice Harper

Anthony Rollins

Anthony Johnson

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