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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 bay.
(b) The river.
(c) The bog.
(d) The lake.

2. What action do R, the narrator, and the old man take "for a long time" (204) once they are reunited in R's hidden room at the end of Chapter 21?
(a) They pray.
(b) They hug.
(c) They cry.
(d) They hold hands and stare at one another.

3. How many times does the narrator repeat the old man's name before the officer at the desk says, "I'm afraid he's not here" (102)?
(a) 5.
(b) 4.
(c) 2.
(d) 3.

4. The unnamed narrator's favorite story of her mother's was the one about what object?
(a) A watch.
(b) A bottle of perfume.
(c) A book.
(d) A mountain.

5. The unnamed narrator remarks that her newest novel is about a woman who works as a what?
(a) A typist.
(b) A teacher.
(c) A doctor.
(d) A nurse.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. How many black garbage bags full of the unnamed narrator's late father's belongings do the five Memory Police officers seize after their hour-long search?

3. Which season is said to have "deepened" (64) on the island by the time Chapter 9 begins?

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

5. 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?

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