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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. What position does the narrator take within the company when she gets a new job in Chapter 20?

2. In what location is a birthday party held in Chapter 16?

3. Chapter 15 begins with an excerpt from the narrator's novel about a protagonist with what job?

4. When the couple next door is taken away by the Memory Police, what kind of pet do they leave behind?

5. What object catches the narrator's eye in Chapter 17 and causes her anxiety to grow during the search of her home?

Short Essay Questions

1. What alarming event happens to the old man in Chapter 13?

2. One morning in Chapter 15, the narrator wakes up to find that what objects have been disappeared?

3. In Chapter 14, the old man reports to the narrator that the Memory Police had been interested in what subject?

4. What objects in the narrator's sink nearly result in disaster when the Memory Police see them in Chapter 17?

5. What new job does the narrator take in Chapter 20 and why?

6. Who comes to stay with the narrator in Chapter 19 and why?

7. What rare event occurs on the island in Chapter 12 and what plotline develops from it?

8. How does the theme of courage arise within Chapter 13 of The Memory Police?

9. What gift does R bestow upon the old man in Chapter 16 and what hopes does R have for the present?

10. In what way do the narrator and R become more intimate over the course of his period of hiding?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

What message does Ogawa send within the pages of The Memory Police concerning the link between oppression and brutality?

Essay Topic 2

Choose an object from The Memory Police, such as the cabinet, the birdcages, the garbage bags, or some other symbolic object and discuss its overall meaning and its connection to themes within the text.

Essay Topic 3

What is Ogawa’s message regarding the connection between language and thought and what tools are used within The Memory Police in order to get this message across to the reader?

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