The Measure Quizzes

The Measure Quiz 1

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

On a plane

With his girlfriend

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

To popular vacation destinations

Away from NYC

Into NYC
3 When did the boxes originally arrive?
On everyones 20th birthday

Early in the morning all around the world

At the same exact time all around the world

At night all around the world
4 What is the lowest age for people receiving the box?
22

There is no minimum age

25

18
5 What happens if you’re under the minimum age when the boxes were given out?
Your death date is earlier

It comes the morning you turn the minimum age

The box is locked until you come of age

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

Maura

Ben

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

The string could only be cut with a blade

People with shorter strings usually had incurable diseases

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

Doctor

Historian

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

The dead

Original sin

A rogue religious faction
10 What material is the box?
Mahogany

A material that looks like mahogany

A material that looks like cherrywood

Cherrywood
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

Yes

No
12 What book does Amie find under her bed?
The Hunger Games

The Giver

Crime and Punishment

Atonement
13 What is sketched on Ben’s note that Amie received from the janitor?
Penn Station

Grand Central Station

The New York City Skyline

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

a Bible quote

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?
4 years

10 years

2 years

It gives the exact date
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 saturation of color of the string

The knots in the string
17 Where is the first long-stringer info board Nina reads called?
How to Support Short-Stringers

Long Stringers Only

Don’t Try This At Home

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

Only her best friend

Only the editor-in-chief

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?
Hank

Maura

Sean

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

Atonement

The 5 People You Meet in Heaven

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

The Odyssey

The Hunger Games

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

Liberty Hospital

Memorial Hospital

New York University Hospital
24 Which characters exchange letters?
Hank and Amie

Amie and Ben

Ben and Claire

Claire and Hank
25 Which presidential candidate does the reader know to be a short stringer?
Wes Johnson, Sr.

Anthony Rollins

Anthony Johnson

Alice Harper

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