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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. 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) 1.
(b) 2.
(c) 4.
(d) 3.

2. Where is the hatch located that serves as the only way to get into R's hiding place in the home of the unnamed narrator?
(a) In the floor of her late father's office.
(b) In the floor of the basement.
(c) In the ceiling of the basement.
(d) In the floor of the kitchen.

3. When R sees his room, he murmurs that it is "like a" what "floating in the sky" (76)?
(a) Piano.
(b) Coffin.
(c) Cave.
(d) Canoe.

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 Murphy bed.
(b) The cabinet.
(c) The desk.
(d) The bookcase.

5. Which season is said to have "deepened" (64) on the island by the time Chapter 9 begins?
(a) Summer.
(b) Winter.
(c) Autumn.
(d) Spring.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What statement does the unnamed narrator make about the process of writing her new novel in Chapter 6?

3. The narrator tells R in Chapter 11, "I suspect the only reason I've been able to go on writing is that I've had your" what "by my side all along" (82)?

4. When the raid on the strip mall begins, the unnamed narrator hides behind what object while she clutches the envelope that holds her latest manuscript?

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

(see the answer key)

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