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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 task the narrator gives to R in Chapter 12?
(a) Recopying her address book.
(b) Putting page numbers on her manuscripts.
(c) Alphabetizing her books.
(d) Sharpening pencils.

2. The unnamed narrator recalls that her mother had used what room in the house for her studio?
(a) The attic.
(b) The basement.
(c) The sun room.
(d) The kitchen.

3. The unnamed narrator observes in Chapter 6 that her literary editor R is asking about what element of her life whenever he asks how she is doing?
(a) Her grief over losing her parents.
(b) Her evasion of the Memory Police.
(c) Her financial situation.
(d) Her progress on her newest novel.

4. The narrator anxiously waits for R on the appointed Wednesday, knowing that it generally takes how many minutes to walk from the station to her house?
(a) 10.
(b) 25.
(c) 60.
(d) 30.

5. Professor Inui tells the unnamed narrator in Chapter 5 that he and his family must move to what location in the morning?
(a) The medical faculty office.
(b) The genetic analysis center.
(c) The Memory Police barracks.
(d) The internment camp.

Short Answer Questions

1. The sound of what object interrupts the birthday celebration in progress at the end of Chapter 16?

2. In or on what piece of furniture did the unnamed narrator's keep her disappeared objects?

3. When it snows on the island in Chapter 12, the narrator states that it has been at least how many years since snow has fallen there?

4. On what sort of seat did the unnamed narrator used to sit as a child in her mother's studio?

5. The unnamed narrator's mother and father had liked to meet at what location during their courtship?

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