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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 is NOT a business housed within the strip mall raided by the Memory Police in Chapter 4?
(a) An insurance company.
(b) A karate studio.
(c) A dance studio.
(d) A dentist's office.

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

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

4. How many years before the narrative present did the unnamed narrator's nurse die of a heart attack, as revealed in Chapter 2?
(a) 2.
(b) 5.
(c) 8.
(d) 11.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. When the unnamed narrator used to take a particular meal to her father's observatory as an excuse to spend time with him there, what meal did she always bring?

2. From what location does the old man come to help the unnamed narrator prepare for the colder weather?

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

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

5. The unnamed narrator recalls that her mother had used what room in the house for her studio?

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