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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. The unnamed narrator states in Chapter 2 that she believes that she has a group of which family members "living in a village near the source of the far side of the mountains" (8)?
(a) Uncles.
(b) Nieces.
(c) Brothers.
(d) Cousins.

2. What statement does the unnamed narrator make about the process of writing her new novel in Chapter 6?
(a) It is impossible.
(b) It no longer interests her.
(c) It is surprising her at every turn.
(d) It is not going very well.

3. 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 grabs the old man's arm.
(b) She screams.
(c) She covers her mouth.
(d) She crouches down.

4. Who is NOT the subject of one of the novelist narrator's three books that she has published thus far?
(a) A ballerina with one leg.
(b) A doctor.
(c) A piano tuner.
(d) A young woman caring for her ill brother.

5. The narrator feels especially nervous in Chapter 17 when the Memory Police search which piece of furniture?
(a) A cabinet.
(b) A desk.
(c) A dining room table.
(d) A bed.

Short Answer Questions

1. The narrator gets a new job in Chapter 20 with a company that produces what?

2. What is NOT a task the narrator gives to R in Chapter 12?

3. What meal do the unnamed narrator and the old man share together in Chapter 5?

4. When R sees his room, he murmurs that it is "like a" what "floating in the sky" (76)?

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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