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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 17-22.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. A crowd gathers on the banks of what body of water in Chapter 6 to watch the latest objects disappear?
(a) The lake.
(b) The bay.
(c) The river.
(d) The bog.

2. For what reason do the ex-milliner and his wife ask to stay overnight in the narrator's home?
(a) They need a change of scenery.
(b) Their house is being fumigated.
(c) Their house is being painted.
(d) Their house is haunted.

3. What object catches the narrator's eye in Chapter 17 and causes her anxiety to grow during the search of her home?
(a) The rug.
(b) The notepad.
(c) The novel.
(d) The refrigerator.

4. The old man is trapped in Chapter 21, but he tells the narrator to run because of what reason?
(a) He is in a lot of pain.
(b) He is sure to die anyway.
(c) She is young and brilliant.
(d) There is a tsunami on the way.

5. The unnamed narrator recalls that the disappeared objects in her palm had felt "like little" (5) what?
(a) Reminders.
(b) Charms.
(c) Animals.
(d) Talismans.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who initiates the first kiss between the narrator and R at the end of Chapter 17?

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

3. What knitted object does the unnamed narrator give to the old man in Chapter 5?

4. In Chapter 9, the Memory Police are said to be "appearing more often in the streets" (64) riding in trucks painted what color?

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

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