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

Multiple Choice 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?
(a) 8.
(b) 5.
(c) 11.
(d) 2.

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

3. It is revealed in Chapter 5 that the unnamed narrator's mother had received a letter from the Memory Police how many years back?
(a) 10.
(b) 5.
(c) 15.
(d) 20.

4. In or on what piece of furniture did the unnamed narrator's keep her disappeared objects?
(a) A drafting table.
(b) A bookcase.
(c) A desk.
(d) A cabinet.

5. The unnamed narrator remarks that her newest novel is about a woman who works as a what?
(a) A doctor.
(b) A typist.
(c) A teacher.
(d) A nurse.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. When the unnamed narrator hears tapping on the glass and finds Professor Inui and his family outside her home, the unnamed narrator recalls that the boy is how many years old?

3. The unnamed narrator's mother and father had liked to meet at what location during their courtship?

4. The unnamed narrator recalls that whenever she sat on her father's lap in the observatory, she always restrained herself from asking him if he knew about the existence of the items in which piece of furniture?

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

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