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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What object seems to the narrator in Chapter 18 to be her "only ticket" for "admittance to the hidden room below [her]" (170)?
(a) Her kiss.
(b) Her body.
(c) Her voice.
(d) Her novel manuscript.

2. What is NOT an item sent by the ex-milliner and his wife to the narrator in Chapter 19 to thank her for her hospitality?
(a) A sack of flour.
(b) An umbrella.
(c) A can of sardines.
(d) A pepper grinder.

3. What word related to the narrator's latest novel does she utter over and over to herself in Chapter 20?
(a) Accountant.
(b) Teller.
(c) Typist.
(d) Dancer.

4. At what type of abandoned school is the wooden box where R's wife and the old man exchange messages for R on days that end in zeros?
(a) A university.
(b) An art school.
(c) An elementary school.
(d) A high school.

5. It is rumored that the Memory Police have recruited all people with what job to be informants for them?
(a) Carpenter.
(b) Electrician.
(c) Plumber.
(d) Bricklayer.

Short Answer Questions

1. On whose behalf does the narrator go out walking at the start of Chapter 22?

2. When the raid on the strip mall begins, the unnamed narrator hides behind what object while she clutches the envelope that holds her latest manuscript?

3. Near the end of Chapter 8, R detects the scent of what object within one of the empty drawers in the cabinet?

4. Which character is taken by the Memory Police in Chapter 13?

5. A crowd gathers on the banks of what body of water in Chapter 6 to watch the latest objects disappear?

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