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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. The remodeling of R's future home within the unnamed narrator's house takes how many days for the old man to finish?
(a) 3.
(b) 2.
(c) 6.
(d) 4.

2. What action do R, the narrator, and the old man take "for a long time" (204) once they are reunited in R's hidden room at the end of Chapter 21?
(a) They cry.
(b) They hug.
(c) They pray.
(d) They hold hands and stare at one another.

3. When the couple next door is taken away by the Memory Police, what kind of pet do they leave behind?
(a) A cat.
(b) A fish.
(c) A dog.
(d) A snake.

4. The narrator begins to regret her trip to the Memory Police's headquarters when they present her with what object?
(a) A questionnaire.
(b) A bill.
(c) A summons.
(d) A citation.

5. What statement does the unnamed narrator make about the process of writing her new novel in Chapter 6?
(a) It no longer interests her.
(b) It is impossible.
(c) It is surprising her at every turn.
(d) It is not going very well.

Short Answer Questions

1. 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?

2. In Chapter 9, the Memory Police are said to be "appearing more often in the streets" (64) riding in trucks painted what color?

3. In Chapter 15, the narrator and the old man worry that the latest disappearance will put the island in a perpetual state of what?

4. Before the narrator visits the headquarters of the Memory Police in Chapter 13, she tells R, "I suppose all I can do is" (100) take what action?

5. What action does the narrator "instinctively" (149) take at the start of Chapter 17, just after she has heard the doorbell ring at the end of Chapter 16?

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