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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 12-16.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

3. Which character's birthday is celebrated in Chapter 16?
(a) The narrator's.
(b) Professor Inui's.
(c) The old man's.
(d) R's.

4. At what time of day does the unnamed narrator bring Chapter 7 to a close?
(a) Afternoon.
(b) Dusk.
(c) Midnight.
(d) Dawn.

5. Over time, the narrator finds that to keep R at his best, "the morning agenda" needs "to be as" what "as possible" (93)?
(a) Brief.
(b) Long.
(c) Concrete.
(d) Vague.

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. In Chapter 15, the narrator and the old man worry that the latest disappearance will put the island in a perpetual state of what?

3. 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?

4. In what location is a birthday party held in Chapter 16?

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

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