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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 object catches the narrator's eye in Chapter 17 and causes her anxiety to grow during the search of her home?
(a) The rug.
(b) The notepad.
(c) The refrigerator.
(d) The novel.

2. Chapter 15 begins with an excerpt from the narrator's novel about a protagonist with what job?
(a) Doctor.
(b) Dentist.
(c) Typist.
(d) Bank teller.

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?
(a) Anger.
(b) Regret.
(c) Autumn.
(d) Winter.

4. How often does the narrator down supplies to R so that he may bathe?
(a) Every three days.
(b) Every day.
(c) Every other day.
(d) Once a week.

5. 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?
(a) Her financial situation.
(b) Her progress on her newest novel.
(c) Her evasion of the Memory Police.
(d) Her grief over losing her parents.

Short Answer Questions

1. 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?

2. What is NOT a task the narrator gives to R in Chapter 12?

3. The narrator gets a new job in Chapter 20 with a company that produces what?

4. Who originally comes up with the idea for R to hide from the Memory Police in the unnamed narrator's home?

5. 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?

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