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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) An entomologist.
(b) An ornithologist.
(c) An astronomer.
(d) A geologist.

2. 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?
(a) 16.
(b) 32.
(c) 4.
(d) 73.

3. The unnamed narrator's home on the island is very close to what sort of body of water?
(a) A river.
(b) A bog.
(c) A lake.
(d) A bay.

4. The unnamed narrator recalls that whenever she sat on her father's lap in the observatory, she always restrained herself from asking him if he knew about the existence of the items in which piece of furniture?
(a) The cabinet.
(b) The desk.
(c) The bookcase.
(d) The Murphy bed.

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

Short Answer Questions

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

2. How many days does it take for the body of water used for disappearing to return to normal?

3. The old man declares that what weather had been helpful in getting R smuggled into the narrator's home?

4. How many years before the narrative present did the unnamed narrator's nurse die of a heart attack, as revealed in Chapter 2?

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

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