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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. At what time of day does the unnamed narrator bring Chapter 7 to a close?
(a) Afternoon.
(b) Dawn.
(c) Dusk.
(d) Midnight.

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

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) Winter.
(d) Autumn.

4. 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?
(a) 2.
(b) 8.
(c) 10.
(d) 5.

5. Which character asks the narrator about the old man's well-being in Chapter 15?
(a) A Memory Police officer.
(b) Professor Inui.
(c) R's wife.
(d) The ex-milliner.

Short Answer Questions

1. In what locations do the narrator and R sit during their meetings about the narrator's newest novel?

2. What kind of old building "had been renovated to serve as the Memory Police headquarters" (101)?

3. What object does the unnamed narrator drop while reacting to the young prisoner's fall onto the concrete?

4. The unnamed narrator's home on the island is very close to what sort of body of water?

5. Chapter 12 begins with what type of feature?

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