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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. When the unnamed narrator used to take a particular meal to her father's observatory as an excuse to spend time with him there, what meal did she always bring?
(a) Dinner.
(b) Lunch.
(c) Midnight snack.
(d) Breakfast.

2. The sound of what object interrupts the birthday celebration in progress at the end of Chapter 16?
(a) The air raid siren.
(b) The radio.
(c) The wind.
(d) The doorbell.

3. Which character's birthday is celebrated in Chapter 16?
(a) The narrator's.
(b) R's.
(c) Professor Inui's.
(d) The old man's.

4. In Chapter 9, the Memory Police are said to be "appearing more often in the streets" (64) riding in trucks painted what color?
(a) Red.
(b) Black.
(c) Dark green.
(d) Yellow.

5. The narrator's neighbors who are a couple in their thirties have what kind of pet?
(a) A hamster.
(b) A fish.
(c) A cat.
(d) A dog.

Short Answer Questions

1. When it snows on the island in Chapter 12, the narrator states that it has been at least how many years since snow has fallen there?

2. The old man reports to the narrator in Chapter 14 that the Memory Police had interrogated him about what subject?

3. How many times does the narrator repeat the old man's name before the officer at the desk says, "I'm afraid he's not here" (102)?

4. What objects are disappeared in Chapter 15?

5. Which objects are disappeared in Chapter 12 almost immediately after all photographs are disappeared?

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