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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 17-22.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What meal do the unnamed narrator and the old man share together in Chapter 5?
(a) Hamburgers.
(b) Omelettes.
(c) Stew.
(d) Waffles.

2. Who originally comes up with the idea for R to hide from the Memory Police in the unnamed narrator's home?
(a) The old man.
(b) R.
(c) The unnamed narrator.
(d) Professor Inui.

3. Which character suggests that the rest of the narrator's mother's sculptures are likely hidden at the old cabin?
(a) The ex-milliner's wife.
(b) R.
(c) The narrator.
(d) The old man.

4. In Chapter 9, the Memory Police are said to be "appearing more often in the streets" (64) riding in trucks painted what color?
(a) Black.
(b) Red.
(c) Dark green.
(d) Yellow.

5. What word related to the narrator's latest novel does she utter over and over to herself in Chapter 20?
(a) Typist.
(b) Accountant.
(c) Teller.
(d) Dancer.

Short Answer Questions

1. A crowd gathers on the banks of what body of water in Chapter 6 to watch the latest objects disappear?

2. The unnamed narrator observes in Chapter 6 that her literary editor R is asking about what element of her life whenever he asks how she is doing?

3. When the old man moves to a new location in Chapter 22, where does he go?

4. What is NOT an item sent by the ex-milliner and his wife to the narrator in Chapter 19 to thank her for her hospitality?

5. It is rumored that the Memory Police have recruited all people with what job to be informants for them?

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