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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 12-16.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. The conversation between the unnamed narrator and the old man in Chapter 7 takes place on what type of vehicle?
(a) A boat.
(b) A pedicab.
(c) A motorcycle.
(d) A train.

2. In the opening line of Chapter 5, the unnamed narrator states that which season passes "quickly" (27)?
(a) Summer.
(b) Autumn.
(c) Spring.
(d) Winter.

3. The narrator is perplexed by her new editor's question about what topic, since R had never posed the question to her?
(a) What she would like to get paid.
(b) Whether she has ever been in love.
(c) Her ideas for her next novel.
(d) When her next novel will be finished.

4. Which season is said to have "deepened" (64) on the island by the time Chapter 9 begins?
(a) Winter.
(b) Autumn.
(c) Summer.
(d) Spring.

5. The narrator tells R in Chapter 11, "I suspect the only reason I've been able to go on writing is that I've had your" what "by my side all along" (82)?
(a) Shadow.
(b) Guidance.
(c) Heart.
(d) Brilliance.

Short Answer Questions

1. What knitted object does the unnamed narrator give to the old man in Chapter 5?

2. How often does the narrator down supplies to R so that he may bathe?

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. In or on what piece of furniture did the unnamed narrator's keep her disappeared objects?

5. Which character's birthday is celebrated in Chapter 16?

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