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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. The unnamed narrator states in Chapter 6, "It's always sad when a" what "disappears" (44)?
(a) Food.
(b) Pet.
(c) Flower.
(d) Article of clothing.

2. 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 bookcase.
(c) The desk.
(d) The cabinet.

3. The unnamed narrator states that "it has been" how many "years since [the Memory Police] first appeared" (20)?
(a) 15.
(b) 20.
(c) 10.
(d) 25.

4. Chapter 2 describes in detail the narrator's reaction to which creatures being disappeared from the island?
(a) Flies.
(b) Birds.
(c) Cats.
(d) Dogs.

5. What object does the unnamed narrator drop while reacting to the young prisoner's fall onto the concrete?
(a) Her wallet.
(b) Her cup of coffee.
(c) The envelope containing her manuscript.
(d) Her keys.

Short Answer Questions

1. 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)?

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

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 unnamed narrator recalls her mother telling her that which type of stone had been inherited from the narrator's great-grandmother?

5. It is rumored that the Memory Police have recruited all people with what job to be informants for them?

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