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

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?
(a) 12.
(b) 8.
(c) 16.
(d) 4.

3. By what letter of the alphabet does the unnamed narrator refer to her literary editor?
(a) P.
(b) R.
(c) L.
(d) Q.

4. The unnamed narrator recalls that the disappeared objects in her palm had felt "like little" (5) what?
(a) Animals.
(b) Reminders.
(c) Charms.
(d) Talismans.

5. The unnamed narrator of The Memory Police states in Chapter 1 that her mother had been what type of artist?
(a) A poet.
(b) A sculptor.
(c) A painter.
(d) A dancer.

Short Answer Questions

1. What knitted object does the unnamed narrator give to the old man in Chapter 5?

2. Who is NOT the subject of one of the novelist narrator's three books that she has published thus far?

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

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

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?

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