Memory Police Test | Mid-Book Test - Hard

Yoko Ogawa
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Memory Police Test | Mid-Book Test - Hard

Yoko Ogawa
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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. The narrator tells R in Chapter 10 that which character will meet him on Wednesday at 8 a.m. at Central Station?

2. What is NOT a reason that "no one ever attempts to cross" (8) the mountains to the north?

3. In what location does the narrator tell R that she has found a hiding place for him?

4. The old man attempts to reassure the unnamed narrator by telling her in Chapter 7, "Those Memory Police are only after people who aren't able to" (54) take which action?

5. By what letter of the alphabet does the unnamed narrator refer to her literary editor?

Short Essay Questions

1. When the narrator makes her usual stop at the ornithology observatory in Chapter 3, what does she find there?

2. What objects are disappeared within Chapter 6 and what is different about the disppearances in this chapter?

3. For what reason does the narrator visit R's office in Chapter 10?

4. What do the black garbage bags symbolize in Chapter 2?

5. What does the old man do with the page of the old ferry log on which he and the narrator have written their plans for hiding R?

6. For what reason do the Memory Police visit the unnamed narrator in Chapter 2?

7. What type of document is presented within the text for the first, but not the last, time in Chapter 6?

8. In Chapter 7, what claim does the old man make about the Memory Police while trying to reassure the narrator of her safety?

9. What information is revealed in Chapter 5 about the narrator's mother and her interactions with the Memory Police?

10. Who raps on the narrator's basement window in Chapter 4 and for what purpose?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Perform a biographical criticism of The Memory Police by researching Ogawa's life and work. Be sure to create a strong and specific claim focused on this particular book and then support that claim with quotes from the book and from your research of Ogawa.

Essay Topic 2

Discuss Ogawa’s use of metaphor, simile, imagery, and other literary devices as a means to send particular thematic messages within the narrative of The Memory Police.

Essay Topic 3

Trace the characterization arc of the unnamed narrator over the course of the novel The Memory Police. Discuss whether the unnamed narrator is a round or flat character and whether she is a static or dynamic character.

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