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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who is NOT the subject of one of the novelist narrator's three books that she has published thus far?
(a) A piano tuner.
(b) A ballerina with one leg.
(c) A young woman caring for her ill brother.
(d) A doctor.

2. 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) 3.
(c) 15.
(d) 10.

3. The unnamed narrator recalls that her mother had used what room in the house for her studio?
(a) The basement.
(b) The attic.
(c) The sun room.
(d) The kitchen.

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

5. What is NOT a reason that "no one ever attempts to cross" (8) the mountains to the north?
(a) The tops of the mountains are always surrounded with mist.
(b) All maps of the island were disappeared long ago.
(c) The mountainsides are rife with thorny trees and bushes.
(d) Mountain-climbing gear was disappeared long ago.

Short Answer Questions

1. The unnamed narrator remarks that her newest novel is about a woman who works as a what?

2. When the Memory Police arrive unannounced at the unnamed narrator's home in Chapter 2, what action does she ask them to take, though she is ignored?

3. 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?

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

5. What kind of scientist was the unnamed narrator's father prior to his death?

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