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

2. Which character's birthday is celebrated in Chapter 16?
(a) R's.
(b) Professor Inui's.
(c) The narrator's.
(d) The old man's.

3. What position does the narrator take within the company when she gets a new job in Chapter 20?
(a) Teller.
(b) Accountant.
(c) Dancer.
(d) Typist.

4. What word is used to describe the sound made by a particular object at the end of Chapter 16?
(a) Resonant.
(b) Soft.
(c) Shrill.
(d) Loud.

5. On Wednesday afternoon at the start of Chapter 4, the unnamed narrator has her third encounter with the Memory Police within what length of time?
(a) 1 month.
(b) 1 year.
(c) 1 day.
(d) 1 week.

Short Answer Questions

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

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 first notices that there are disappeared objects inside sculptures created by the narrator's mother?

4. R comes over to the unnamed narrator's house in Chapter 8 for what reason?

5. Chapter 18 begins with an excerpt of the narrator's novel about which protagonist?

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