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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. For what reason do the ex-milliner and his wife ask to stay overnight in the narrator's home?
(a) Their house is being painted.
(b) Their house is haunted.
(c) Their house is being fumigated.
(d) They need a change of scenery.

2. The old man attempts to reassure the unnamed narrator by telling her in Chapter 7, "Those Memory Police are only after people who aren't able to" (54) take which action?
(a) Remember.
(b) Forget.
(c) Obey.
(d) Surrender.

3. What objects are disappeared in Chapter 15?
(a) Calendars.
(b) Pianos.
(c) Clocks.
(d) Cars.

4. Chapter 18 begins with an excerpt of the narrator's novel about which protagonist?
(a) The typist.
(b) The ballerina.
(c) The novelist.
(d) The chef.

5. The unnamed narrator states that "it has been" how many "years since [the Memory Police] first appeared" (20)?
(a) 20.
(b) 15.
(c) 25.
(d) 10.

Short Answer Questions

1. Which character gives a music box as a birthday gift in Chapter 16?

2. 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)?

3. Which character's birthday is celebrated in Chapter 16?

4. At what time of day does the unnamed narrator bring Chapter 7 to a close?

5. What is NOT a business housed within the strip mall raided by the Memory Police in Chapter 4?

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