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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 is NOT a reason that "no one ever attempts to cross" (8) the mountains to the north?
(a) The tops of the mountains are always surrounded with mist.
(b) Mountain-climbing gear was disappeared long ago.
(c) The mountainsides are rife with thorny trees and bushes.
(d) All maps of the island were disappeared long ago.

2. What statement does the unnamed narrator make about the process of writing her new novel in Chapter 6?
(a) It is not going very well.
(b) It is impossible.
(c) It no longer interests her.
(d) It is surprising her at every turn.

3. The narrator's new editor tells the narrator that R had left an empty desk, except for her novel, when he suddenly took what action?
(a) Quit.
(b) Disappeared.
(c) Got fired.
(d) Moved away.

4. 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) 4.
(b) 16.
(c) 32.
(d) 73.

5. On the day the narrator tells R that she has found a place for him to hide, he tells her that his wife is due to give birth in how many months?
(a) 4.
(b) 1.
(c) 3.
(d) 2.

Short Answer Questions

1. In the opening line of Chapter 5, the unnamed narrator states that which season passes "quickly" (27)?

2. 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?

3. Once R and the narrator fall into a predictable daily routine, what is the only time she lingers in R's room to chat?

4. How many other things about R does the unnamed narrator know in addition to that fact that he works as an editor?

5. Near the end of Chapter 8, R detects the scent of what object within one of the empty drawers in the cabinet?

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