1. In the opening line of Chapter 5, the unnamed narrator states that which season passes "quickly" (27)?
(a) Autumn.
(b) Winter.
(c) Summer.
(d) Spring.

2. How many days does it take for the body of water used for disappearing to return to normal?
(a) 3.
(b) 5.
(c) 12.
(d) 30.

3. When R hears the unnamed narrator's description of the one object she remembers her mother showing to her, R identifies it as which stone?
(a) Emerald.
(b) Ruby.
(c) Sapphire.
(d) Diamond.

4. What kind of old building "had been renovated to serve as the Memory Police headquarters" (101)?
(a) A theater.
(b) A train station.
(c) A bank.
(d) A hotel.

5. R comes over to the unnamed narrator's house in Chapter 8 for what reason?
(a) To warn her.
(b) To borrow a cup of sugar.
(c) To review her latest novel pages.
(d) To ask for asylum.

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. What is NOT a task the narrator gives to R in Chapter 12?

3. 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?

4. What kind of scientist was the unnamed narrator's father prior to his death?

5. How many of the Memory Police's "dark green trucks with canvas covers in back" (20) are present at the raid in Chapter 4?

(see the answer key)

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