The Measure Quizzes

The Measure Quiz 1

1 Where is Ben when his box is delivered?
On the train

On a plane

At home

With his girlfriend
2 When Ben arrives in NYC where are most people headed?
To popular vacation destinations

Into NYC

To the airport

Away from NYC
3 When did the boxes originally arrive?
At the same exact time all around the world

Early in the morning 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?
There is no minimum age

18

22

25
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

Your death date is earlier

It comes the morning you turn the minimum age

You‘re absolved
6 Who sees their box first in the book?
Ben

Amie

Nina

Maura
7 What are the results of the initial scientific findings on the strings?
People with shorter strings usually had incurable diseases

People with shorter strings were more violent

The string could only be cut with a blade

People with long strings were granted immortality
8 What is Ben's profession?
Editor

Historian

Architect

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

Original sin

Aliens

The dead
10 What material is the box?
A material that looks like cherrywood

Cherrywood

Mahogany

A material that looks like mahogany
11 Are long-stringers immune to death before 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

No

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

Yes
12 What book does Amie find under her bed?
The Hunger Games

Atonement

The Giver

Crime and Punishment
13 What is sketched on Ben’s note that Amie received from the janitor?
Grand Central Station

The New York City Skyline

Penn Station

The Empire State Building
14 What is The Measure named after?
a book of divination

a parable

a Bible quote

a prophecy
15 What is the margin of error/range of death-age as prescribed by the strings and translated by science?
It gives the exact date

2 years

4 years

10 years
16 How is the death age measured by the string?
The knots in the string

The saturation of color of the string

Current age minus the length of 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?
Everyone

Know one

Only the editor-in-chief

Only her best friend
19 What is the average length of the people at Nina’s workplace’s strings?
Long string

Short string

Chose not to open the box

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

Hank

Maura

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

The Parable

The 5 People You Meet in Heaven

Atonement
22 What book did Amie assign her class as their summer reading?
The Hunger Games

Atonement

The Odyssey

Tuck Everlasting
23 Which hospital did Hank work at?
New York Presbyterian

Liberty Hospital

New York University Hospital

Memorial Hospital
24 Which characters exchange letters?
Ben and Claire

Amie and Ben

Hank and Amie

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

Anthony Rollins

Wes Johnson, Sr.

Anthony Johnson

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