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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) Putting page numbers on her manuscripts.
(b) Alphabetizing her books.
(c) Recopying her address book.
(d) Sharpening pencils.

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

3. How often does the narrator down supplies to R so that he may bathe?
(a) Once a week.
(b) Every other day.
(c) Every day.
(d) Every three days.

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

5. The narrator's new editor tells the narrator that R had left an empty desk, except for her novel, when he suddenly took what action?
(a) Disappeared.
(b) Got fired.
(c) Moved away.
(d) Quit.

Short Answer Questions

1. Once R and the narrator fall into a predictable daily routine, what is the only time she lingers in R's room to chat?

2. The unnamed narrator states in Chapter 2 that she believes that she has a group of which family members "living in a village near the source of the far side of the mountains" (8)?

3. It is revealed in Chapter 13 that the narrator keeps her end of the communication device behind what object in her desk?

4. At what time of day does the unnamed narrator bring Chapter 7 to a close?

5. The narrator states that the disappearances "slowed down" (94) for a while after which objects were disappeared?

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