The Measure Quizzes

The Measure Quiz 1

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

At home

On a plane

With his girlfriend
2 When Ben arrives in NYC where are most people headed?
To the airport

To popular vacation destinations

Into NYC

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

At night all around the world

On everyones 20th birthday
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?
Your death date is earlier

The box is locked until you come of age

It comes the morning you turn the minimum age

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

Maura

Nina

Ben
7 What are the results of the initial scientific findings on the strings?
People with long strings were granted immortality

People with shorter strings usually had incurable diseases

The string could only be cut with a blade

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

Architect

Editor

Historian
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

A rogue religious faction

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

A material that looks like cherrywood

Cherrywood

Mahogany
11 Are long-stringers immune to death before the end of their string?
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

No

Yes
12 What book does Amie find under her bed?
Atonement

The Giver

The Hunger Games

Crime and Punishment
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 parable

a Bible quote

a prophecy

a book of divination
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

10 years

2 years

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

Current age minus the length of the string

The saturation of color 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

Long Stringers Only

Reddit

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

Only the editor-in-chief

Everyone

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

Short string

Average string

Chose not to open the box
20 Who has the longest string of the following characters?
Maura

Hank

Ben

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

The Parable

Atonement

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

Tuck Everlasting

The Hunger Games

Atonement
23 Which hospital did Hank work at?
New York University Hospital

Liberty Hospital

New York Presbyterian

Memorial Hospital
24 Which characters exchange letters?
Ben and Claire

Claire and Hank

Amie and Ben

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

Wes Johnson, Sr.

Anthony Rollins

Anthony Johnson

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