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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What action does the narrator "instinctively" (149) take at the start of Chapter 17, just after she has heard the doorbell ring at the end of Chapter 16?
(a) She crouches down.
(b) She screams.
(c) She grabs the old man's arm.
(d) She covers her mouth.

3. The unnamed narrator of The Memory Police states in Chapter 1 that her mother had been what type of artist?
(a) A painter.
(b) A sculptor.
(c) A poet.
(d) A dancer.

4. In what location is a birthday party held in Chapter 16?
(a) R's hidden room.
(b) The narrator's basement.
(c) The narrator's dining room.
(d) The riverbank.

5. How many times is the trap door to R's room opened during the ex-milliner and his wife's stay?
(a) 1.
(b) 2.
(c) 0.
(d) 3.

Short Answer Questions

1. The narrator is perplexed by her new editor's question about what topic, since R had never posed the question to her?

2. When Chapter 19 begins, the narrator states that how many weeks have "passed since the old man's birthday party" (171)?

3. What is the only sound that can be heard within the headquarters of the Memory Police, according to the narrator?

4. At the end of Chapter 1, the unnamed narrator recalls asking her mother, "Why are you the only one who hasn't" (7) taken what action?

5. Which character suggests that the rest of the narrator's mother's sculptures are likely hidden at the old cabin?

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