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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 23-28.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Which object's disappearance is named by the narrator to have been "the first time a disappearance seemed like a solemn ceremony" (192)?
(a) The umbrella.
(b) The hairbrush.
(c) The diamond.
(d) The novel.

2. In what locations do the narrator and R sit during their meetings about the narrator's newest novel?
(a) R sits on the bed and the narrator sits in the chair.
(b) They both sit on the bed.
(c) R sits on the bench and the narrator sits on the table.
(d) R sits in the chair and the narrator sits on the bed.

3. What kind of scientist was the unnamed narrator's father prior to his death?
(a) An astronomer.
(b) An entomologist.
(c) An ornithologist.
(d) A geologist.

4. How many backpacks do the narrator and the old man fill with sculptures from the cabin?
(a) 1.
(b) 4.
(c) 2.
(d) 3.

5. When the couple next door is taken away by the Memory Police, what kind of pet do they leave behind?
(a) A dog.
(b) A cat.
(c) A snake.
(d) A fish.

Short Answer Questions

1. How many years before the narrative present did the unnamed narrator's nurse die of a heart attack, as revealed in Chapter 2?

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. Which character claims that an experience with a music box alerted them to their disappearance immunity?

4. R asks to see which room of the unnamed narrator's home in Chapter 8?

5. When the narrator and the old man bring the disappeared objects to R on a tray in Chapter 24, he says, "I truly believe they have the power to" (230) do what to the narrator and the old man?

(see the answer key)

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