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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 1-5.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. The unnamed narrator recalls her mother telling her that which type of stone had been inherited from the narrator's great-grandmother?
(a) An emerald.
(b) A sapphire.
(c) An amethyst.
(d) An opal.

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

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

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) 20.
(b) 10.
(c) 3.
(d) 15.

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?
(a) A mailbox.
(b) A taxi stand.
(c) A car.
(d) A lamp pole.

Short Answer Questions

1. The unnamed narrator recalls that the disappeared objects in her palm had felt "like little" (5) what?

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

3. In or on what piece of furniture did the unnamed narrator's keep her disappeared objects?

4. By what letter of the alphabet does the unnamed narrator refer to her literary editor?

5. What is NOT a business housed within the strip mall raided by the Memory Police in Chapter 4?

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