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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 6-11.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. At the end of Chapter 1, the unnamed narrator recalls asking her mother, "Why are you the only one who hasn't" (7) taken what action?
(a) Lost anything.
(b) Forgotten anything.
(c) Thrown anything away.
(d) Called the Memory Police.

3. What meal do the unnamed narrator and the old man share together in Chapter 5?
(a) Waffles.
(b) Hamburgers.
(c) Omelettes.
(d) Stew.

4. 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?
(a) 10.
(b) 15.
(c) 20.
(d) 3.

5. How often does the narrator down supplies to R so that he may bathe?
(a) Once a week.
(b) Every day.
(c) Every other day.
(d) Every three days.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is NOT a reason that "no one ever attempts to cross" (8) the mountains to the north?

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

3. The unnamed narrator recalls her mother telling her that which type of stone had been inherited from the narrator's great-grandmother?

4. The unnamed narrator's favorite story of her mother's was the one about what object?

5. It is revealed in Chapter 5 that the unnamed narrator's mother had received a letter from the Memory Police how many years back?

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