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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What object does the unnamed narrator drop while reacting to the young prisoner's fall onto the concrete?
(a) Her wallet.
(b) The envelope containing her manuscript.
(c) Her cup of coffee.
(d) Her keys.

2. The unnamed narrator's favorite story of her mother's was the one about what object?
(a) A mountain.
(b) A bottle of perfume.
(c) A book.
(d) A watch.

3. 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) 13.
(b) 3.
(c) 23.
(d) 9.

4. 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?
(a) She asks them to join her for breakfast.
(b) She asks them to take off their boots.
(c) She asks them to put away their guns.
(d) She asks them to wipe their feet.

5. 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) Brothers.
(b) Cousins.
(c) Nieces.
(d) Uncles.

Short Answer Questions

1. The unnamed narrator's home on the island is very close to what sort of body of water?

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

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

4. On Wednesday afternoon at the start of Chapter 4, the unnamed narrator has her third encounter with the Memory Police within what length of time?

5. It is revealed in Chapter 5 that the unnamed narrator's mother had received a letter from the Memory Police how many years back?

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