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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 6-11.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What kind of scientist was the unnamed narrator's father prior to his death?
(a) A geologist.
(b) An entomologist.
(c) An ornithologist.
(d) An astronomer.

2. The remodeling of R's future home within the unnamed narrator's house takes how many days for the old man to finish?
(a) 4.
(b) 2.
(c) 6.
(d) 3.

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

4. At what type of abandoned school is the wooden box where R's wife and the old man exchange messages for R on days that end in zeros?
(a) A university.
(b) An art school.
(c) An elementary school.
(d) A high school.

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

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Which season is said to have "deepened" (64) on the island by the time Chapter 9 begins?

3. In Chapter 9, the Memory Police are said to be "appearing more often in the streets" (64) riding in trucks painted what color?

4. The narrator anxiously waits for R on the appointed Wednesday, knowing that it generally takes how many minutes to walk from the station to her house?

5. 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?

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