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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. When the unnamed narrator hears tapping on the glass and finds Professor Inui and his family outside her home, the unnamed narrator recalls that the boy is how many years old?
(a) 16.
(b) 4.
(c) 12.
(d) 8.

2. The unnamed narrator states in Chapter 6, "It's always sad when a" what "disappears" (44)?
(a) Flower.
(b) Food.
(c) Article of clothing.
(d) Pet.

3. When R hears the unnamed narrator's description of the one object she remembers her mother showing to her, R identifies it as which stone?
(a) Diamond.
(b) Sapphire.
(c) Emerald.
(d) Ruby.

4. How many days does it take for the body of water used for disappearing to return to normal?
(a) 30.
(b) 5.
(c) 12.
(d) 3.

5. When R sees his room, he murmurs that it is "like a" what "floating in the sky" (76)?
(a) Coffin.
(b) Canoe.
(c) Piano.
(d) Cave.

6. On Wednesday afternoon at the start of Chapter 4, the unnamed narrator has her third encounter with the Memory Police within what length of time?
(a) 1 day.
(b) 1 week.
(c) 1 year.
(d) 1 month.

7. The unnamed narrator recalls that her mother had used what room in the house for her studio?
(a) The sun room.
(b) The kitchen.
(c) The attic.
(d) The basement.

8. The old man tells the unnamed narrator in Chapter 7 that he has lived on the island how much longer than she has?
(a) 2 times.
(b) 5 times.
(c) 3 times.
(d) 4 times.

9. What kind of scientist was the unnamed narrator's father prior to his death?
(a) An astronomer.
(b) An ornithologist.
(c) An entomologist.
(d) A geologist.

10. Professor Inui tells the unnamed narrator in Chapter 5 that he and his family must move to what location in the morning?
(a) The medical faculty office.
(b) The Memory Police barracks.
(c) The genetic analysis center.
(d) The internment camp.

11. Who is NOT the subject of one of the novelist narrator's three books that she has published thus far?
(a) A young woman caring for her ill brother.
(b) A doctor.
(c) A piano tuner.
(d) A ballerina with one leg.

12. On what sort of seat did the unnamed narrator used to sit as a child in her mother's studio?
(a) A swing.
(b) A bench.
(c) A hassock.
(d) A stool.

13. Near the end of Chapter 8, R detects the scent of what object within one of the empty drawers in the cabinet?
(a) Perfume.
(b) Vanilla.
(c) Cinnamon.
(d) Ginger.

14. On the day the narrator tells R that she has found a place for him to hide, he tells her that his wife is due to give birth in how many months?
(a) 4.
(b) 3.
(c) 1.
(d) 2.

15. The unnamed narrator states in Chapter 2 that she believes that she has a group of which family members "living in a village near the source of the far side of the mountains" (8)?
(a) Brothers.
(b) Cousins.
(c) Nieces.
(d) Uncles.

Short Answer Questions

1. How many years before the narrative present did the unnamed narrator's nurse die of a heart attack, as revealed in Chapter 2?

2. At what type of abandoned school is the wooden box where R's wife and the old man exchange messages for R on days that end in zeros?

3. How many black garbage bags full of the unnamed narrator's late father's belongings do the five Memory Police officers seize after their hour-long search?

4. When the unnamed narrator used to take a particular meal to her father's observatory as an excuse to spend time with him there, what meal did she always bring?

5. R comes over to the unnamed narrator's house in Chapter 8 for what reason?

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