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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is NOT a reason that "no one ever attempts to cross" (8) the mountains to the north?
(a) All maps of the island were disappeared long ago.
(b) The tops of the mountains are always surrounded with mist.
(c) Mountain-climbing gear was disappeared long ago.
(d) The mountainsides are rife with thorny trees and bushes.

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

3. The unnamed narrator's mother and father had liked to meet at what location during their courtship?
(a) The willow tree.
(b) The hospital.
(c) The museum.
(d) The rose garden.

4. The music box featured in Chapter 16 has "four small legs resembling" what type of animal's "paws" (143)?
(a) A dog.
(b) A tiger.
(c) A lion.
(d) A cat.

5. A crowd gathers on the banks of what body of water in Chapter 6 to watch the latest objects disappear?
(a) The bay.
(b) The bog.
(c) The river.
(d) The lake.

Short Answer Questions

1. Chapter 12 begins with what type of feature?

2. Where is the hatch located that serves as the only way to get into R's hiding place in the home of the unnamed narrator?

3. The narrator's neighbors who are a couple in their thirties have what kind of pet?

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

5. When the raid on the strip mall begins, the unnamed narrator hides behind what object while she clutches the envelope that holds her latest manuscript?

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