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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. In what location does the narrator tell R that she has found a hiding place for him?
(a) At the narrator's house.
(b) At R's office.
(c) At the library.
(d) On the old man's boat.

2. The old man declares that what weather had been helpful in getting R smuggled into the narrator's home?
(a) Wind.
(b) Rain.
(c) Snow.
(d) Sun.

3. The music box featured in Chapter 16 is lined with what material?
(a) Felt.
(b) Muslin.
(c) Chiffon.
(d) Satin.

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

5. Chapter 2 describes in detail the narrator's reaction to which creatures being disappeared from the island?
(a) Flies.
(b) Dogs.
(c) Cats.
(d) Birds.

Short Answer Questions

1. 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?

2. Near the end of Chapter 8, R detects the scent of what object within one of the empty drawers in the cabinet?

3. On Wednesday afternoon at the start of Chapter 4, the unnamed narrator has her third encounter with the Memory Police within what length of time?

4. When the Memory Police arrive unannounced at the unnamed narrator's home in Chapter 2, what action does she ask them to take, though she is ignored?

5. Who begs the narrator not to burn the photograph of her mother she keeps on the mantelpiece?

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