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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 what location do the old man and the narrator stand with their hands behind their heads during the search of the narrator's home?
(a) In the attic.
(b) In the hallway.
(c) In the kitchen.
(d) On the front porch.

2. What rare weather occurs in Chapter 21?
(a) Hail.
(b) Snow.
(c) Sleet.
(d) Lightning.

3. When R hears the unnamed narrator's description of the one object she remembers her mother showing to her, R identifies it as which stone?
(a) Emerald.
(b) Ruby.
(c) Sapphire.
(d) Diamond.

4. The unnamed narrator observes in Chapter 6 that her literary editor R is asking about what element of her life whenever he asks how she is doing?
(a) Her evasion of the Memory Police.
(b) Her financial situation.
(c) Her grief over losing her parents.
(d) Her progress on her newest novel.

5. Near the end of Chapter 8, R detects the scent of what object within one of the empty drawers in the cabinet?
(a) Vanilla.
(b) Ginger.
(c) Perfume.
(d) Cinnamon.

Short Answer Questions

1. Which object's disappearance is named by the narrator to have been "the first time a disappearance seemed like a solemn ceremony" (192)?

2. In what location does the narrator tell R that she has found a hiding place for him?

3. The unnamed narrator recalls that her mother had used what room in the house for her studio?

4. The unnamed narrator remarks that her newest novel is about a woman who works as a what?

5. 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?

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