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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's home on the island is very close to what sort of body of water?
(a) A bog.
(b) A bay.
(c) A lake.
(d) A river.

2. How many people do the Memory Police take away in the back of one of their trucks after the raid at the strip mall in Chapter 4?
(a) 16.
(b) 32.
(c) 4.
(d) 73.

3. The unnamed narrator states in Chapter 2 that she believes that she has a group of which family members "living in a village near the source of the far side of the mountains" (8)?
(a) Cousins.
(b) Nieces.
(c) Uncles.
(d) Brothers.

4. How many of the Memory Police's "dark green trucks with canvas covers in back" (20) are present at the raid in Chapter 4?
(a) 9.
(b) 23.
(c) 3.
(d) 13.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. The unnamed narrator of The Memory Police states in Chapter 1 that her mother had been what type of artist?

2. 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?

3. In the opening line of Chapter 5, the unnamed narrator states that which season passes "quickly" (27)?

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

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

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